New Jersey Statutes
§ 23:9-5 — Game, bait and food fish defined
New Jersey § 23:9-5
JurisdictionNew Jersey
Title 23FISH AND GAME, WILD BIRDS AND ANIMALS
This text of New Jersey § 23:9-5 (Game, bait and food fish defined) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Jersey primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 23:9-5 (2026).
Text
As used in this article: "Game fish" means black bass or small-mouth bass; large-mouth bass, otherwise called Oswego or yellow bass; strawberry or calico bass; rock bass, otherwise known as redeye or goggle-eye; white bass; crappie; pike perch, otherwise called wall-eyed pike or Susquehanna salmon; pike; pickerel; char, commonly called brook or speckled trout, or any form of trout. "Bait fish" means all species of minnows, killifishes and stone catfish. "Food fish" means all other species or varieties of fish whatsoever.
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Nearby Sections
15
§ 23:9-114
License to take shad with net required§ 23:9-13
Bag limit on game fish§ 23:9-16
Size of certain fish; fineCite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
New Jersey § 23:9-5, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nj/23/23%3A9-5.