23:2A-6 - Taking, possession, transportation, sale of endangered species or regulated nongame species - New Jersey Statutes

23:2A-6.  Taking, possession, transportation, sale of endangered species or  regulated nongame species
    Except as otherwise provided in this act or regulations adopted thereunder,  no person shall take, possess, transport, export, process, sell or offer for  sale, or ship, and no common or contract carrier shall knowingly transport or  receive for shipment any species or subspecies of wildlife appearing on the  following lists:  (1) the list of wildlife determined to be endangered by the  commissioner pursuant to this act;  (2) the list of nongame species regulated  pursuant to this act;  and (3) any Federal list of endangered species.  Any  species or subspecies of wildlife appearing on any of the foregoing lists which  enters the State from another state or from a point outside the territorial  limits of the United States and which is transported across the State destined  for a point beyond the State may be so entered and transported without  restriction in accordance with the terms of any Federal permit or permit issued  under the laws or regulations of another state.

     L.1973, c. 309, s. 6, eff. Dec. 14, 1973.  Amended by L.1981, c. 281, s. 4, eff. Sept. 10, 1981.