2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 23 - FISH AND GAME, WILD BIRDS AND ANIMALS
Section 23:3-51.2 - Definitions relative to taking of menhaden.
23:3-51.2 Definitions relative to taking of menhaden.
4.As used in R.S.23:3-51, section 3 of P.L.2010, c.72 (C.23:3-51.1) and sections 4 through 17 of P.L.2013, c.74(C.23:3-51.2 through C.23:3-51.15):
"Bait net" means a net, including but not limited to a bait seine, cast net, dip net, lift or umbrella net, or kill pot, deployed for the purpose of taking menhaden to be landed or sold in the State.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection.
"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.
"Fishing" means the taking of menhaden from State or federal waters.
"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.
"Menhaden" means a marine fish of the herring family (Brevoortia tyrannus).
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
L.2013, c.74, s.4.
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