{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-23-3-51.2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 23:3-51.2","heading":"Definitions relative to taking of menhaden.","body":"4.\tAs used in R.S.23:3-51, section 3 of P.L.2010, c.72 (C.23:3-51.1), sections 4 through 17 of P.L.2013, c.74 (C.23:3-51.2 through C.23:3-51.15), and sections 12 through 14 of P.L.2014, c.57 (C.23:3-51.16 through C.23:3-51.18):\n\"Bait net\" means a net, including but not limited to a bait seine, cast net, dip net, lift or umbrella net, or killi-pot, deployed for the purpose of taking menhaden to be landed or sold in the State.\n\"Commissioner\" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection.\n\"Dealer\" means a person who is authorized, by a license issued pursuant to section 9 of P.L.2013, c.74 (C.23:3-51.7), to purchase or barter for menhaden landed in the State, and who is considered a primary buyer of menhaden.\n\"Fishing\" means the taking of menhaden from State or federal waters.\n\"Gill net vessel\" means a vessel that is used in the deployment of a gill net for the purpose of taking menhaden to be landed or sold in the State.\n\"Menhaden\" means a marine fish of the herring family (Brevoortia tyrannus).\n\"Menhaden set vessel\" means the smaller of two vessels, often employed in conjunction with a purse seine catch vessel, and used as a replacement for the weight of a purse seine to assist in setting the net.\n\"Other authorized gear\" means gear listed in subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.1941, c.211 (C.23:5-24.2), including haul seines, fyke nets, and wire pound nets, licensed and permitted for the taking of menhaden pursuant to P.L.2013, c. 74 (C.23:3-51.2 et al.).\n\"Pound net vessel\" means a vessel that is used in the deployment of a pound net for the purpose of taking menhaden to be landed or sold in the State.\n\"Purse seine catch vessel\" means a vessel that is used in the deployment of a purse seine or shirred net for the purpose of taking menhaden to be landed or sold in the State, and which may work in conjunction with a purse seine carry vessel or menhaden set vessel in the taking of menhaden by purse seine or shirred net.\n\"Purse seine carry vessel\" means a vessel that is used to carry and land or sell menhaden that has been taken from State or federal waters, and which works in conjunction with a purse seine catch vessel or menhaden set vessel in the taking of menhaden by purse seine.\n\"Trawl vessel\" means a vessel that is used in the deployment of a trawl for the purpose of taking menhaden to be landed or sold in the State.\nL.2013, c.74, s.4; amended 2014, c.57, s.2.","path":["TITLE 23 FISH AND GAME, WILD BIRDS AND ANIMALS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"2114aba1f0d665a7e5f23f12a48a37b62541af7fe743c7984a57534489b4d090","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-23-3-51.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-23-3-51.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}