| New Jersey Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife |
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Atlantic sturgeon
Basking shark
Bigeye sand tiger shark
Sand tiger shark
Shortnose sturgeon
Whale shark
White shark
| SPECIES | MINIMUM SIZE |
POSSESSION LIMIT |
NOTES |
| American eel | 6" | no limit | |
| Black sea bass | 10" | no limit | see illustration for measuring |
| Blue crab | peeler or shedder - 3" soft - 3½" hard - 4½" |
one bushel | measured point to point; see illustration |
| Bluefish | no minimum size | 10 | |
| Cobia | 37" | 2 | |
| Cod | 21" | no limit | |
| Haddock | 21" | no limit | |
| Hard Clam | 1½" | 150 | see illustration |
| King mackerel | 23" | 3 | |
| Lobster | 3¼" (carapace length) | 6 | |
| Pollock | 19" | no limit | |
| Red drum | 18" | 5 | only one fish over 27" |
| Scup (porgy) | 7" | no limit | |
| 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 | 28" | 2 | Delaware R. & tribs. (Trenton
Falls to Salem R. & tribs.): Mar. 1 - 31 and June 1 -
Dec. 31 Delaware R. & tribs. (Upstream of Trenton Falls): Mar. 1 - Dec. 31 Atlantic Ocean (0-3 miles from shore): no closed season. All other marine waters open Mar. 1 - Dec. 31 |
| Summer flounder (fluke) | 15½" | 8 | Open season: May 15 - Oct. 11 |
| Tautog | 14" | see notes | Open seasons: Oct. 10 - May 31: 10 fish limit June 1 - Oct. 9: 1 fish limit |
| Weakfish | 14" | 14 | |
| Winter flounder | 10" | no limit | Open seasons: March 1 - May 31 Sept. 15 - Dec. 31 |
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