N.J. Admin. Code § 7:25A-1.9

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 7, April 1, 2024

Section 7:25A-1.9 - Designation of landing sites

(a) All oysters harvested from Delaware River, Delaware Bay and their tributaries shall be landed at one of the following designated landing sites: the Maurice River section of Commercial Township, the Cohansey River section of Greenwich Township, Fortescue Creek or the area known as Money Island on Nantuxent Creek.

(b) No oysters shall be landed except at designated landing sites. A list of designated landing sites will be posted at the Division's Delaware Bay Office.

Public Notice: Based upon physical tests of natural oyster seed beds and the recommendation of the Bay Season Advisory Committee, the Delaware Bay Section of the Shellfisheries Council voted to close the natural seed beds below a line from Bennies Point to Buoy No. 35, effective 3:30 P.M., Friday, June 7, 1985, and to close all remaining natural seed beds, effective 3:30 P.M., Friday, June 14, 1985. Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:25A-1.9(f), I, Robert E. Hughey, Commissioner of Environmental Protection, granted the necessary approvals to effect these closures.
See: 17 N.J.R. 1795(c).
Public Notice: Based upon physical tests of natural oyster seed beds and the recommendations of the Bay Season Advisory Committee, the Delaware Bay Section of the Shellfisheries Council voted to close the natural seed beds below a line from Bennies Point to Buoy No. 35, effective 3:30 P.M., Friday, May 30, 1986, and to close all remaining natural seed beds, effective 3:30 P.M., Friday, June 6, 1986. Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:25A-1.9(f), Richard T. Dewling, Commissioner of Environmental Protection, granted the necessary approvals to effect these closures.
See: 18 N.J.R. 1411(b).
Public Notice: Based upon physical tests of natural oyster seed beds and the recommendation of the Bay Season Advisory Committee and the Rutgers Oyster Research Laboratory, the Delaware Bay Section of the Shellfisheries Council voted at their regularly scheduled meeting on February 3, 1987, that the natural oyster seed beds above the southwest line in Delaware Bay will not be open for the taking of oysters in 1987, due to depletion of the beds as determined by sampling.
See: 19 N.J.R. 662(b).
Amended by R.1991 d.349, effective 7/1/1991.
See: 23 N.J.R. 1112(a), 23 N.J.R. 2012(b).
Substituted "written agreement" for "arrangement" in (b)2. Added "on the day taken" in (c). Added (d) and (e). Recodified (d), (e), (f) as (f), (g), (h); deleted "Delaware Bay Section of the Shellfisheries" in (f), (b). Recodified (g)-(k) as (i)-(m). Recodified ( l) as (n) and added "and in accordance with this chapter before the vessel may return to harvesting from the seed beds." Added ( o), (p) and (r). Recodified (m) as (q).
Amended by R.1994 d.450, effective 9/6/1994.
See: 26 N.J.R. 1562(a), 26 N.J.R. 3714(a).
Public Notice: Closure of Delaware Bay oyster seed beds.
See: 27 N.J.R. 2268(b).
Repeal and New Rule, R.2010 d.132, effective 7/6/2010.
See: 41 N.J.R. 2167(a), 42 N.J.R. 1362(a).
Section was "Oyster seed beds".