New Jersey § 23:9-16

§ 23:9-16.

No person shall catch and take or attempt to catch and take from the Delaware river

above or below Trenton falls, in any manner whatsoever, any of the fish hereinafter

described of greater weight or less length than shall be prescribed in the State Fish

and Game Code, or if no such weight or length is so prescribed, then any striped bass,

otherwise known as rockfish, weighing more than 20 pounds or measuring less than 10

inches in length, or any sturgeon less than 5 feet in length, or any black bass, or

any small-mouth bass, large-mouth bass, otherwise known as Oswego or yellow bass,

less than 9 inches in length, or any pike, or pickerel, or any pike perch, otherwise

known as wall-eyed pike or Susquehanna salmon, less than 12 inches in length, or any

calico or strawberry bass, crappie, white bass, rock bass, otherwise known as redeye

or goggle-eye, or trout or char, less than 6 inches in length. Any fish of less length than those described, or any striped bass, commonly called

rockfish, weighing more than such weight as shall be prescribed in the State Fish

and Game Code, or if no such weight is so prescribed then more than 20 pounds, which

may be caught must be returned immediately to the water. Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to prevent the fishery authorities

of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or of the State of New Jersey capturing fish of

any size from said waters, or at any time of the year, or in any manner for propagating

purposes and for stocking other waters in their respective States through their authorized

representatives. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be subject

to a fine of $10.00 for each and every fish so caught and had in possession.