Bill Text: NJ S1478 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Repeals State moratorium prohibiting taking of horseshoe crabs from State waters.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-27 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee [S1478 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-S1478-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 1478

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 27, 2014

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  JEFF VAN DREW

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Repeals State moratorium prohibiting taking of horseshoe crabs from State waters.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning the taking, landing, and possession of horseshoe crabs in the State, and repealing P.L.2008, c.1.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    P.L.2008, c.1 (C.23:2B-20 and C.23:2B-21) is repealed.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill would repeal P.L.2008, c.1, which established a moratorium on the taking, landing, and possession of horseshoe crabs in the State.  After this bill is enacted into law and the moratorium is eliminated, State fishermen will once again be authorized to catch horseshoe crabs in an amount that is consistent with the federal horseshoe crab fishing quotas established by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.