Regulatory Sources ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Regulatory Sources

For additional Health Advisory information, contact:

NJ Department of Environmental Protection

Division of Science & Research: 609-984-6070
Division of Fish, Game, & Wildlife: 609-748-202

Here are all the New Jersey Marine Digests in pdf, back through 2000. The state's website is just so painful and slow to find anything on:

Fishing Regulations

Fish

New Jersey now requires registration for saltwater fishing, including lobsters. Registration is free and can be done online at nj.gov/dep/saltwaterregistry.

This listing is for New Jersey waters only - if you cross into New York or Delaware, or Federal waters ( more than 3 miles offshore, ) you are subject to their regulations. Federal regulations supersede state regulations whenever stricter.

Lobster

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New Developments in Artificial Reefs

The Pauline Marie sinks slowly on the Atlantic City Reef.

By Evelyn DeWitt Myatt & Bill Figley, 1986

It's hard to imagine anything that could have looked more forlorn than the rusty old freighter whose proud seagoing days were a thing of the past. Floating idly at her berth awaiting her fate, she was a victim of nature's ravages that had left her beautiful only in the eyes of her old captain and crew. The Pauline Marie, however, was not destined to be the victim of a cutting torch that would turn her into a tangle of scrap steel. Instead, she was acquired by the New Jersey Artificial Reef Program and went down with dignity as an artificial reef in March 1985. She now provides continuing services from her watery grave in the Atlantic, some twelve miles off Atlantic City, and her appeal to marine life is undeniable. Her interior compartments now shelter fish and crustaceans; her decks now provide substrate for mussels, soft corals, and plant life; and her newfound productivity has put delicious seafood on many tables.

	National Marine Fisheries Service ( NMFS ) NE Region 1 Blackburn Pl. Gloucester MA 01930-2298 possession limits: 508-281-9260 federal permit applications: 508-281-9370 local NMFS law enforcement: 609-390-8303 or 908-528-3315 Tuna Quota updates: 301-713-1279
	NJ Department of Environmental Protection Division of Fish, Game & Wildlife CN 400 Trenton NJ 08625-0400 information: 609-292-2965 marine fisheries: 609-292-2083 shellfisheries: 609-984-5546 law enforcement: 609-292-9430

	Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Council ( ASMFC ) Mid Atlantic Fisheries Management Council