50:3-16.5 Necessity of license for taking shellfish; report; fee.
5. a. No person shall catch or take any shellfish from the natural shellfish beds contained within Area No. 1 unless there shall have been first issued by the department for each boat or vessel, so to be used or employed therein, a special license authorizing the catching or taking of shellfish within that area, which shall be issued for a term not longer than one year and shall contain an agreement on the part of the holder thereof that any person or officer or other representative of the department authorized by rule or regulation to make inspections of that area may board the boat or vessel to inspect shellfish therein contained, and all licenses issued under P.L.1966, c.52 (C.50:3-16.1 et seq.) shall be numbered.
b. The holder of a special license issued pursuant to this section shall submit monthly reports of shellfish harvested and submit a fee of not less than $1.25 per bushel of shellfish harvested which shall be deposited in the "Oyster Resource Development Account," established pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1996, c.112 (C.23:3-12.2).
L.1966, c.52, s.5; amended 1979, c.199, s.48; 2007, c.338, s.60.
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