§ 13-0331. Crabs; permit to take; prohibited acts. 1. No person shall take crabs, including horseshoe crabs (Limulus sp.) for commercial purposes without first obtaining a permit from the department. For purposes of this subdivision, a presumption of “commercial purposes” shall be made wherein one takes or lands more than fifty crabs in any one […]
§ 13-0333. Menhaden; prohibited acts. Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) from which oil or meal is made, subject to the provisions of section 13-0343, may not be taken from the waters of the marine district with a purse seine; provided however, that the department shall have the authority to issue a temporary order allowing the use of […]
§ 13-0334. Marine and coastal district food fish and crustacea dealers and shippers license. 1. No person shall purchase marine food fish or crustacea, whether to be used as food or bait, directly from the person taking such marine food fish or crustacea for the purpose of resale trade or barter without a valid food […]
§ 13-0335. Food fish; license; prohibited acts. 1. A person who is domiciled in the state may take and land food fish for commercial purposes, upon obtaining a marine commercial food fishing license, except as prohibited by this chapter, from the waters of the marine and coastal district and may land food fish taken from […]
§ 13-0336. Marine and coastal district party and charter boat license. 1. No owner or operator of a party boat or charter boat shall carry recreational fishing passengers in the marine and coastal district or land fish taken outside the territorial waters of the state without holding a party or charter boat license issued by […]
§ 13-0337. Return of fish, crustacea and other animals to the water. 1. If any fish or crustacea are unintentionally taken contrary to any provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Law, they shall be returned to the water at once, without unnecessary injury. 2. Starfish, drills (Urosalpinx cinerea), periwinkle (Litorinia) and drum fish (Pogonias chromis) […]
§ 13-0338. Sharks; department authority; finning prohibited. 1. For purposes of this section: a. “Shark” means any species of the subclass Elasmobranchii except species in the order Batoidei; b. “Finning” means the removal of a fin or fins from a shark and not retaining the remainder of the shark’s carcass; and c. “Shark fin” means […]
§ 13-0339. Marine fish; size limits of marine species; sale of marine species. 1. a. The taking of fish with nets in the marine and coastal district is governed by sections 13-0333, 13-0335, 13-0341, 13-0343, 13-0347 and 11-1521, and regulations adopted pursuant to sections 11-0303, 11-1303, 13-0338, 13-0339-a, 13-0340, 13-0340-a, 13-0340-b, 13-0340-c, 13-0340-d, 13-0340-e, 13-0340-f […]
§ 13-0339-a. Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus), shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum), American eel (Anguilla rostrata), Atlantic herring (Clupea horengus), American shad (Alosa sapidissima), alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis), squid (cephalopoda), and hickory shad (Alosa mediocris). 1. The department may fix, by regulation, measures for the management of the following species: […]
§ 13-0340. Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five, fix by regulation measures for the management of bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), including size limits, catch and possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility therefor, recordkeeping requirements, requirements […]
§ 13-0340-a. Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis). The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five, fix by regulation measures for the management of weakfish (Cynoscion regalis), including size limits, catch and possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility therefor, recordkeeping requirements, requirements […]
§ 13-0340-b. Fluke – summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus). The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-three, fix by regulation measures for the management of fluke or summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus), including size limits, catch and possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits […]
§ 13-0340-c. Winter flounder (Pleuorenectes americanus). The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-three, fix by regulation measures for the management of winter flounder (Pleuorenectes americanus), including size limits, catch and possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility therefor, recordkeeping […]
§ 13-0340-d. Blackfish or tautog (Tautoga onitis). 1. The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five, fix by regulation measures for the management of blackfish (Tautoga onitis), including size limits, catch and possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility therefor, […]
§ 13-0340-e. Scup (Stenotomus chrysops). The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-three, fix by regulation measures for the management of scup (Stenotomus chrysops), including size limits, catch and possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility therefor, recordkeeping requirements, requirements […]
§ 13-0340-f. Black sea bass (Centropristis striata). The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-three, fix by regulation measures for the management of black sea bass (Centropristis striata), including size limits, catch and possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility […]
§ 13-0340-g. Monkfish (Lophius americanus, Lophius reticulatus and Lophius gastrophysus). The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-four, fix by regulation measures for the management of monkfish (Lophius americanus, Lophius reticulatus and Lophius gastrophysus), including size limits, catch and possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and […]
§ 13-0341. Trawls; use prohibited in certain waters. For the purposes of this chapter, a trawl shall be defined as a net which is towed or dragged through the water column, capturing fish by straining the water, but shall not include a seine which is used to encircle fish. The term trawl shall include but […]
§ 13-0342. Marine fisheries data. 1. a. The department is authorized to adopt regulations which require reporting of catch, effort, area fished, gear used, by-catch, and volume and value of product purchased from fishermen, by holders of all categories of commercial food fish, lobster, and crab fishing and landing licenses, marine and coastal district food […]
§ 13-0343. Nets other than trawls; restrictions on use of nets and trawls. 1. Nets other than trawls shall not be placed, maintained or used in any of the following waters except: (a) as permitted by this section; (b) landing nets may be used in completing the catch of fish hooked by angling; and (c) […]
