N.J. Admin. Code § 7:25-14.11 - Harvesting crabs

(a) No person shall take or attempt to take any crabs by any means in the Newark Bay Complex.

(b) Crabs may be taken by licensed bait seines authorized pursuant to N.J.S.A. 23:5-24.2 and N.J.A.C. 7:25-18.5. Crabs taken by bait seines shall not be sold or used for barter and the maximum harvest and/or possession of crabs taken by bait seines is one bushel per day per individual; except that crabs taken by licensed bait seines during the crab pot/trot line season pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:25-14.2(f) may be sold and may exceed one bushel per day per individual provided the individual also possesses his or her valid commercial crab pot/trot line license specified at N.J.A.C. 7:25-14.4(a).

(c) The recreational possession limit for Jonah crab shall be 50 Jonah crabs per person per day, which shall not be bartered, sold, offered for sale, or exposed for sale.

(d) A person taking Jonah crabs as by-catch with a fish or conch pot shall not land, for the purpose of sale or barter, more than 1,000 Jonah crabs or 2,000 Jonah crab claws per trip. The total weight of Jonah crabs or Jonah crab claws harvested as by-catch shall not exceed the total weight of the targeted species at any time during a trip.

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N.J. Admin. Code § 7:25-14.11

New Rule, R.1994 d.152, effective 3/21/1994.
See: 25 N.J.R. 4831(a), 26 N.J.R. 1337(b).
Amended by R.1996 d.587, effective 12/16/1996 (operative January 1, 1997).
See: 28 N.J.R. 3998(a), 28 N.J.R. 5231(a).
Added (b).
Administrative change.
See: 48 N.J.R. 647(a).
Administrative change.
See: 49 N.J.R. 1681(a).