STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman VINCENT MAZZEO
District 2 (Atlantic)
Assemblyman GORDON M. JOHNSON
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE
District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Expands authorization for clamming on Sundays.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning clamming and amending R.S.50:2-11.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. R.S.50:2-11 is amended to read as follows:
50:2-11. No person shall dredge upon, or throw, cast or drag an oyster dredge or any other instrument or appliance used for catching shellfish, or assist in so doing, or collect shellfish by any means, upon any of the lands lying under the tidal waters of this State before sunrise or after sunset, or at any time on Sunday, except that clams may be taken [from the waters of Raritan Bay, Sandy Hook Bay, Shrewsbury River or Navesink River] on Sunday between sunrise and sunset. The department, in consultation with the council, may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations for the harvest of oysters on Sunday during specific times, in specific areas, and using specific methods of harvest. The maintenance of leases, limited to the moving and planting of shell, oyster and clam seed and the use of bagless oyster scrapes, shall be permitted on Sunday.
(cf: P.L.2007, c.338, s.39)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill expands authorization for clamming on Sundays. Under current law, clamming is prohibited on Sundays except in the waters of the Raritan Bay, Sandy Hook Bay, Shrewsbury River and Navesink River. This bill would lift the geographical restriction for Sunday clamming.