50:3-15 Closed season; exceptions.

50:3-15. No person shall gather, scrape, rake or tong any oysters in or upon the beds, rivers or creeks of this State named in R.S.50:3-14, for and during the period from June 30 until September 1 in each and every year. This closed season shall not apply to the following beds, from which oysters may be taken only during the months of April, May, June, September, October and November between sunrise and sunset, except on Sunday:

a. at the mouth of Maurice River, described as follows: Beginning at a point with coordinates (X=104,451.5)(Y=40,377.57) said point being now or formerly East Point Lighthouse and running thence N 48 16' 48.4910" W 2865.15 meters to a point (X=102,312.9)(Y=42,284.30) on or near the east bank of the mouth of New England Creek; thence following in an easterly direction the shore line and crossing the mouth of the Maurice River and following the shore line to the point of beginning, and in Maurice River; or

b. the Nantuxent beds in that area at the mouth of Nantuxent Creek, Back Creek and Cedar Creek and the Cohansey beds at the mouth of Cohansey River, provided, however, that any oysters so taken shall be 3 inches from hinge to mouth or longer; or

c. the Back Creek beds at the mouth of Back Creek, Back Creek from the mouth to the south bank of the mouth of Tweed Creek, which areas are described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the southerly bank of the mouth of Tweed Creek with the westerly bank of Back Creek, said intersection being at high-water mark, thence from said point in a southeasterly, southwesterly, and southerly direction, being along the westerly bank of Back Creek and the westerly shore of Nantuxent Cove to a point on the said shore, said point being at or near Ben Davis Point (X=82,032.21)(Y=51,070.56); thence N 77 09' 23.4025" E 1,420.56 meters to a point in Nantuxent Cove (X=83,417.22)(Y=51,386.33); thence N 20 02' 18.8773" E 1,129.71 meters to a point along the north shore of Nantuxent Cove; thence bounding on the said high-water mark in a general westerly direction to the mouth of Back Creek, thence along the easterly bank of Back Creek in a general, easterly, northerly and northwesterly direction to a point due east from the southerly bank of the mouth of Tweed Creek; thence crossing Back Creek in a due west direction to the place of beginning.

Amended 1952, c.184, s.2; 1954, c.159; 1979, c.199, s.77; 2007, c.338, s.55.