N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-155: Reasons for restriction of public access.

6. The Department of Environmental Protection may restrict public access to tidal waters and adjacent shorelines to protect critical habitat areas from injurious uses, or threatened or endangered species or their habitat areas from injury or injurious uses, but only to the extent necessary according to the needs of the habitat areas or species.

L.2019, c.81, s.6.