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A1528 • 2026

Changes DEP authority to allow taking of aquacultured shellfish on Sunday.

Changes DEP authority to allow taking of aquacultured shellfish on Sunday.

Agriculture
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Calabrese, Clinton
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Changes DEP authority to allow taking of aquacultured shellfish on Sunday.

Changes DEP authority to allow taking of aquacultured shellfish on Sunday.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes DEP authority to allow taking of aquacultured shellfish on Sunday.
  • Topic: Agriculture and Natural Resources Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Official Summary Text

Changes DEP authority to allow taking of aquacultured shellfish on Sunday.
Topic:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1528

ASSEMBLY, No. 1528

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Changes DEP authority to allow taking of aquacultured
shellfish on Sunday.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act
concerning the taking of shellfish, and amending
R.S.50:2-11.

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

���� 1.� R.S.50:2-11 is amended to
read as follows:

���� 50:2-11.� No person shall
dredge upon, or throw, cast, or drag an oyster dredge or any other instrument
or appliance used for catching shellfish, or assist in so doing, or collect
shellfish by any means, upon any of the lands lying under the tidal waters of
this State before sunrise or after sunset, or at any time on Sunday, except
that clams may be taken from the waters of the Raritan Bay, Sandy Hook Bay,
Shrewsbury River, or Navesink River on Sunday, and except as provided in
section 2 of P.L.2023, c.137 (C.50:2-11.1).� The Department of Environmental
Protection, in consultation with the Shellfisheries Council, may adopt,
pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410
(C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations for the harvest of
[
oysters
]

aquacultured
shellfish
on Sunday during specific times, in specific areas, and using
specific methods of harvest.� The maintenance of leases, limited to the moving
and planting of shell, oyster, and clam seed, and the use of bagless oyster
scrapes, shall be permitted on Sunday.

(cf: P.L.2023, c.137, s.1.)

���� 2. This act shall take effect
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill would change the
authority of the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with
the Shellfisheries Council, to allow for the adoption of rules and regulations
only for the harvest of all types of aquacultured shellfish on Sundays, during
specific times, in specific areas, and using specific methods of harvest.�
Current law authorizes the adoption of rules and regulations only for the
harvest of oysters on Sundays during specific times, in specific areas, and
using specific methods of harvest.