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2008 NJ Minimum Size
Possesion Limits & Seasons
Measure Fish from tip of snout to tip of tail (except
Black Sea Bass). Cleaning or filleting at sea of fish with a minimum size
limit is prohibited.
Changes for this year 2008 are Red ink |
| Species
|
Open Season
|
Min. Total
Length (inches) |
Possession Limit
(per person/per day) |
Summer Flounder
(Fluke) |
May 24 to Sept. 7
|
18"
See also Fed Regs
| 8
See also Fed Regs
|
Winter Flounder
|
March 23 - May 21 &
|
12"
|
10
|
| Bluefish |
No Closed Season
|
No Minimum
|
15
|
| Weakfish |
No Closed Season
|
13"
|
6
|
Black Sea Bass |
Jan. 1 - Dec. 31
|
12"
(Excluding Tail Filaments)
|
25
|
| Black Drum |
|
16" |
3 |
| Red Drum |
No Closed Season
|
18"-27"
|
1
|
| Tautog |
| Jan. 1 - Apr. 30 | 4 fish |
May 1 - Jul. 15 | - CLOSED - |
Jul. 16 - Nov. 15 | 1 fish |
Nov 16 - Dec 31 | 6 fish |
|
14" |
| Spanish Mackerel |
No Closed Season
|
14"
|
10
|
| King Mackerel |
No Closed Season
|
23"
|
3
|
| Porgy (Scup) |
Jan. 1 - Feb. 28
July 1 - Dec. 31
|
9"
|
50
|
Striped Bass or hybrid striped bass
|
|
| Del.River & tributarites (Trenton Falls to Salem
River & Tributaries) |
March 1 - March 31 &
June 1 - Dec. 31 |
| Del.River & tributarites (upstream of Trenton Falls) |
March 1 - Dec. 31 |
| Atlantic Ocean (0-3miles from shore) |
No Closed Season |
| All other marine waters |
March 1 - Dec. 31 |
|
2 fish at equal to 28" or greater |
2
|
Plus 1 striped bass at 28" or greater with Striped Bass Bonus Program Card- but only for those who have won cards as part of this years lottery system (mail in deadline May 31, 2007).
Permits can now be ordered online via the state's website:
http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/bonusbas.htm |
| No species of fish with a minimum size
limit listed above may be filleted or cleaned at sea (except striped bass
if fillet is at least 28" long). (Party boats licensed to carry 15 or more
passengers may apply for a permit to fillet the above species, except striped
bass, at sea.) |
| Blue crab - license
required plus 1998
Requirements |
No Closed Season*
|
Min. Total Length -see crab types below:
|
1 bushel
|
|
peeler or shedder
|
3"
|
|
soft
|
3 1/2"
|
|
hard
|
4
1/2"
|
|
* Unless using
commercial style crab
pots. See Section on crab
pots in saltwater regulations booklet |
| Hard Clam - license
required |
No Closed Season
No Harvest On Sunday
License Required
|
1 1/2"
|
150 Clams
|
|
2008 NJ Minimum Size
Possesion Limits & Seasons
Measure Fish from tip of snout to tip of tail (except
Black Sea Bass). Cleaning or filleting at sea of fish with a minimum size
limit is prohibited.
Changes for this year 2008 are Red ink
|
| Species |
Open Season
|
Min. Total
Length (inches) |
Possession Limit
(per person/per day) |
| Atlantic Sturgeon,Shortnose
Sturgeon |
No Open Season
|
|
0
|
| American Eel |
|
6"
|
50
|
| Cod |
No Closed Season
|
21" |
No limit
|
| Pollock |
No Closed Season
|
19"
|
No limit
|
| Haddock |
No Closed Season
|
21"
|
No limit
|
| Cobia |
No Closed Season
|
37"
|
2
|
| Shad |
No Closed Season
|
No minimum
|
6 |
Sharks PROHIBITED:
IN NJ WATERS: Basking, Bigeye Sand Tiger, Sand Tiger, Whale & White Sharks
IN FEDERAL WATERS (3+ MILES): Atlantic Angel, Basking, Bigeye Sand Tiger, Sand Tiger, Bigeye Thresher, Bigeye sixgill, Bignose, Carribean Reef, Carribean sharpnose, Dusky, Galapagos, Longfin mako, Narrowtooth, Night, Sandbar (Brown Shark), Sevengill, Silky, Sixgill, Smalltail, Whale & White Sharks **It is illegal to take, possess or
land any or these species**
SHARK ID CHARTS AVAIL. AT THE STORE |
No Closed Season
|
48" Nose to tip of tail OR
23 inches from front of dorsal
to front of tail fin |
2/boat/day
See below for shark permit information
|
AS of 2003, outside 3 Miles in the EEZ (Federal Waters) a permit is required in order to take sharks! http://www.nmfspermits.com/
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/rec_info.htm
It is not required for sharks taken in the bay, ie: brown sharks.
HMS Permit Holders MUST abide by the federal regulations, not state, in taking of sharks. ie: any vessel that does NOT have a HMS permit to fish federal waters may take brown shark in NJ waters, but an HMS permit holder CANNOT. |
PRINTABLE ATLANTIC SHARK RECREATIONAL FISHERY REGULATIONS JUNE 2008
No species of fish with a minimum size
limit listed above may be filleted or cleaned at sea (except striped bass
if fillet is at least 28" long). (Party boats licensed to carry 15 or more
passengers may apply for a permit to fillet the above species, except striped
bass, at sea.)
RELEASE INFORMATION: If you are not sure of the species and whether you may keep it, release it. Recreational fisherman can no longer retain sandbar or "brown" sharks or silky sharks as of June 2008.
|
| Lobster--carapace length |
No Closed Season
|
3 3/8" - 5 1/4"
|
6 |
| Tuna------See Federal
Regulations |
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See Also:
Summary of NJ Saltwater Regulations
for Detailed Information!
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