New Jersey § 4:27-12

§ 4:27-12.

a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, an aquaculture site,

for which all appropriate permits required by law have been obtained, that was not

originally a freshwater wetland as defined pursuant to the “Freshwater Wetlands Protection

Act,” P.L.1987, c. 156 ( C.13:9B-1 et seq. ) or any other law, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, prior to being

utilized for aquaculture shall not be designated a freshwater wetland because of the

subsequent growth of aquatic organisms at the aquaculture site. b. Within 180 days of the effective date of this act, the Department of Environmental

Protection, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture and pursuant to the

“Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c. 410 ( C.52:14B-1 et seq. ), shall develop appropriate methods and procedures to implement this section.