| New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife |
Atlantic sturgeon
Basking shark
Bigeye sand tiger shark
Sand tiger shark
Shortnose sturgeon
Whale shark
White shark
| SPECIES | MINIMUM LENGTH |
POSSESSION LIMIT (Per person unless noted) |
NOTES |
| American eel | 6" | 50 |
|
| Black drum | 16" |
3 |
|
| Black sea bass | 12" Excluding tail filaments See illustration for measuring |
25 | Open seasons: Jan. 1 - Dec. 31 |
| Blue crab | peeler or shedder - 3" soft - 3½" hard - 4½" |
one bushel | measured point to point; see illustration |
| Bluefish | no minimum size | 15 | |
| Cobia | 37" | 2 | |
| Cod | 21" | no limit | |
| Haddock | 21" | no limit | |
| Hard Clam-license required | 1½" | 150 | No harvest on Sunday see illustration |
| King mackerel | 23" | 3 | |
| Lobster | 3-5/16" (carapace length) | 6 | No closed season. Carapace length 3-3/8" |
| Pollock | 19" | no limit | |
| Red drum | 18" | 1 | one no greater than 27" |
| Scup (porgy) | 9" | 50 | Open season: January 1 - February 28 July 1 - Dec. 31 |
| Shad | no minimum size | 6 | |
| Shark | 23" (alternate length) or 48" (total length) | 2 per vessel | see illustration |
| Spanish mackerel | 14" | 10 | |
| Striped bass or Hybrid striped
bass The Striped Bass Bonus Program |
2 fish at 28" or greater |
Delaware R. & tribs. (Rt.1 Bridge);Trenton, to Salem R. & tribs.): Mar. 1 - 31 and June 1 - Dec. 31 Atlantic Ocean (0-3 miles from shore): no closed season Atlantic Ocean (Greater than 3 miles from shore): CLOSED All other marine waters open Mar. 1 - Dec. 31 |
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| Summer flounder (fluke) | 16½" |
8 | Open season: May 6 - Oct.9 |
| Tautog | 14" | see notes | Open seasons: Jan. 1 - May 31: 4 fish limit June 1 - Nov. 14: 1 fish limit Nov. 15-Dec. 31: 8 fish limit |
| Weakfish | 13" | 8 | No closed season |
| Winter flounder | 10" | 10 | Open seasons: March 23 - May 21 |
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