N.J. Admin. Code § 7:25-14.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024

Section 7:25-14.6 - Placement and marking of pots and trot lines

(a) Each crab pot shall be clearly and visibly marked with a buoy, stake or permanent identification tag bearing the license number of the owner, and all blind crab pot lines shall be clearly and visibly marked with a stake or buoy at both ends of the line. All crab pot buoys and all blind crab pot line buoys and stakes shall be marked with fluorescent or reflective paint, tape or other reflective material or reflectors. Floating line shall not be used or any crab pot or crab pot buoys.

(b) Each trot line shall be marked at both ends with a clearly visible stake or buoy. No trot line shall be set within 100 feet of another trot line.

(c) No pot shall be placed in a creek, ditch or tributary less than 50 feet wide at mean low water unless approved by the Division. No pot, blind crab pot line or trot line shall be placed in any man-made lagoon or in any marked or charted channel except noncommercially licensed pots fastened to a pier or other shore connected structure by a line no larger than twice the depth of the water at that point. Any pot placed in any body of water less than 150 feet wide from shoreline to shoreline at mean low water or in any man-made lagoon shall contain terrapin excluder devices pursuant to 7:25-14.1.

(d) No pot or trot line shall be placed in areas designated by the Division after consultation with the Shellfisheries Council and the Marine Fisheries Council, as off limits for the catching of crabs by means of pots or trot lines, except noncommercially licensed pots fastened to a pier or other shore connected structure by a line no longer than twice the depth of the water at that point.

(e) At no time shall any pot or trot line be placed to obstruct or impede navigation.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:25-14.6

Amended by R.1985 d.560, effective 11/4/1985.
See: 17 New Jersey Register 1830(a), 17 New Jersey Register 2608(a).
"Stake" substituted for "state".
Amended by R.1994 d.152, effective 3/21/1994.
See: 25 New Jersey Register 4831(a), 26 New Jersey Register 1337(b).
Petition for Rulemaking.
See: 27 New Jersey Register 944(b), 27 New Jersey Register 1478(c).
Amended by R.1996 d.587, effective 12/16/1996 (operative January 1, 1997).
See: 28 New Jersey Register 3998(a), 28 New Jersey Register 5231(a).
Recodified (a)2 as (a)3 and inserted new (a)2; and in (c), added provision relating to terrapin excluder devices.
Amended by R.2001 d.346, effective 9/17/2001.
See: 33 New Jersey Register 453(a), 33 New Jersey Register 3352(a).
In (a), rewrote the first sentence and inserted "and all blind crab pot line buoys and stakes" in the second sentence; in (c), inserted "blind crab pot line".