{"id":51215,"date":"2023-09-22T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?p=51215"},"modified":"2023-09-25T10:26:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T14:26:29","slug":"news-2023-09-22-new-atlantic-cod-size-season-and-possession-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/news-2023-09-22-new-atlantic-cod-size-season-and-possession-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"New Atlantic Cod Size, Season and Possession Limits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/atlantic-cod-fish-by-noaa-fisheries.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/atlantic-cod-fish-by-noaa-fisheries.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The NJ Marine Fisheries Council approved changes to the recreational Atlantic cod size, season and possession limits consistent with the New England Fishery Management Council\u2019s Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish) Fishery Management Plan (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2023\/08\/14\/2023-17321\/fisheries-of-the-northeastern-united-states-northeast-multispecies-fishery-fishing-year-2023?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Federal Register: Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Fishing Year 2023 Recreational Management Measures<\/a> <i class=\"fa-regular fa-arrow-up-right-from-square\" style=\"color: #2c51b3\"><\/i>). As a result, Atlantic cod regulations are now identical in state and federal waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new recreational Atlantic cod regulations are now in effect, as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Minimum Size Limit: 23 inches<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open Season: January 1 through May 31 and September 1 through December 31<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possession Limit: 5 fish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note: The 2023 Atlantic cod regulations on the NJ Recreational Regulations Cards and published in the Marine Digest are not correct.&nbsp; Please reference the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/fishing\/marine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NJ Fish and Wildlife website<\/a>&nbsp;and online&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/digests\/marine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2023 Marine Digest<\/a>&nbsp;for current updates to the regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/notices-of-administrative-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department\u2019s Rules and Regulations webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photo Credit<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/atlantic-cod-fish-by-noaa-fisheries.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlantic Cod Fish<\/a> <i class=\"fa-regular fa-file-image\" style=\"color: #dc3545\"><\/i>. Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/species\/atlantic-cod#overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NOAA Fisheries<\/a> <i class=\"fa-regular fa-arrow-up-right-from-square\" style=\"color: #2c51b3\"><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NJ Marine Fisheries Council approved changes to the recreational Atlantic cod size, season and possession limits consistent with the New England Fishery Management Council\u2019s Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish) Fishery Management Plan (Federal Register: Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Fishing Year 2023 Recreational Management Measures ). As a result, Atlantic cod regulations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":51217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fishing","category-saltwater-recreational"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}