New Jersey § 23:2b-7

§ 23:2b-7.

The commissioner shall have the following powers and duties: a. Administer and enforce the laws, rules and regulations relating to fisheries resources; b. Appoint the chief administrative officer of the marine fisheries program and all

other necessary employees, including enforcement personnel, within the limits of available

revenues; c. Develop and implement a program for the management of fisheries resources, including

such species related management plans as may be appropriate; d. Acquire by gift or purchase and hold real property in the name of the State, or

any right or interest therein, including, but not limited to, easements or rights

of access; e. Accept for the State any Federal funds apportioned under Federal law related to

authorized programs of the department and to do such acts as are necessary for the

purpose of carrying out such Federal laws; and to accept from any other agency or

government, individual, group, or corporation, such funds, gifts, or devises as may

be available to carry out the purposes of this act; f. Make periodic reports to the Governor and the Legislature, including therein such

recommendations for changes and amendments in existing law and licensing procedures

as are warranted by investigations and research; g. Conduct or sponsor a program or programs for research and development of fisheries

resources of the State, in cooperation, where appropriate, with Rutgers, The State

University, the Marine Sciences Consortium, and other responsible research or academic

agencies, which programs shall include, but not be limited to biological, chemical,

technological, hydrological, processing, marketing, financial, economic, and promotional

research and development. The department may carry out such a program or programs in cooperation with other

State agencies, Federal, regional, and local governmental entities, or with private

institutions or persons; h. Establish programs for public education concerning the conservation, utilization,

development, and enhancement of fisheries resources; i. Acquire, introduce, and propagate marine fish species in such manner as will carry

out the fisheries resources management programs; j. To coordinate and integrate the marine fisheries program established herein with

the activities of all other State agencies which affect fisheries resources, and access

thereto including but not limited to, freshwater fisheries, coastal zone management,

water pollution control and marine law enforcement; and, k. To encourage every agency which operates a bridge or road over any of the marine

waters of this State to construct a fishing platform on each such bridge.