{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-50-3-16.1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 50:3-16.1","heading":"Areas, described, named.","body":"1.\tThe area southwest of the Clam Line and southeast of the Brandywine-Dennis Creek Line more fully described by coordinates and bearings taken from the official survey base known as the \"New Jersey system of plane coordinates\" as defined in article 2 of chapter 3 of Title 51 of the Revised Statutes, viz.: Beginning at a point in Delaware Bay (X=108,274.8)(Y=29,097.81) said point being the intersection of the Clam Line with the Brandywine-Dennis Creek Line; and running thence S 67° 31' 48.16\" E 21,126.46 meters to a point where the Clam Line intersects the shore line of Cape May County (X=114,225.3)(Y=26,636.70) said point being about 200 meters south southwest of Rutgers Cape Shore Laboratory; thence following the high water mark along the shore line of Cape May County in a southerly direction its various courses and distances to a point (X=109,127.0)(Y=11,597.75) located on the Cape May Point Lighthouse-Brandywine Shoal Lighthouse Line; thence along this line N 65° 36' 53.5\" W 44,128.37 meters to Brandywine Shoal Lighthouse (X=96,876.60)(Y=17,150.99), thence along the Brandywine-Dennis Creek Line N 43° 39' 13.6495\" E 16,511.99247 meters to the place of beginning, shall be divided into three areas, to be known as follows:\nArea No. 1--Tongers Area.\nArea No. 2--Natural Seed Bed Area.\nArea No. 3--Shellfish Dredging Area.\nL.1966, c.52, s.1; amended 2007, c.338, s.57.","path":["TITLE 50 SHELLFISHERIES - POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT, SHELLFISHERIES COUNCIL, LEASING, AND PLANTING"],"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":"1eb640015d75d010c1387627d81e5dc7fd4c1dc0050cd13623ba8c0be3150d25","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-50-3-15.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-50-3-16.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}