hwater es F r is F h 0 i 0 n 0 g NNEWEW JJERSEYERSEY 2 FFishish && WWildlifeildlife DDigestigest Issue A SUMMARY OF RULES AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - DIVISION OF FISH, GAME & WILDLIFE VOL. 13 NO. 2 January 2000 Conserve Wildlife Visit our website at: License Plates Support Endangered and www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw Nongame Species See page 18 NJ Division of Fish, Game & Wildlife Telephone Directory Internet Address: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw NEW JERSEY Commercial preserves & semi-wild preserves 609-984-6211 Deer & turkey permit hotline 609-292-9192 DEP Action Lines - 24 hours 609-292-7172 Fish & Wildlife Digest 877-WARNDEP Exotic & nongame captivity permits 609-292-9591 Published by the NJ Fish, Game and Wildlife P.O. Box 400, Trenton, NJ 08625-0400 Falconry permit information 908-735-8793 www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw Family fishing license 609-292-2965 General Information 609-292-2965 State of New Jersey Hunter Education 877-2HUNTNJ Christine Todd Whitman, Governor Hunting, fishing, & duplicate licenses 609-292-2965 Operation Game Thief 800-222-0456 Department of Environmental Protection Robert C. Shinn, Jr., Commissioner Outstanding deer & gobbler programs 609-292-9450 Pheasant & quail stocking information 609-292-1599 Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife Rifle permit information 609-984-1400 A Message from the Director Robert McDowell, Director Trout stocking hotline 609-633-6765 by Bob McDowell Robert Soldwedel, Chief, Freshwater Fisheries Wildlife conservation corps information 609-633-3616 Rob Winkel, Chief, Law Enforcement Wildlife damage control 908-735-8793 We are pleased to announce the comple- David Chanda, Acting Assistant Director Cindy Kuenstner, Editor Wildlife management area information 609-292-1599 tion of the first phase in the renovation of Liberty Press Trenton Office the Hackettstown Fish Hatchery. A new 1180 N. Mountain Springs Pkwy 501 E. State St., PO Box 400, Trenton, NJ 08625-0400 “state-of-the-art”, intensive fish rearing Springville, UT 84663 Endangered and Nongame Species 609-292-9400 facility has been constructed to honor our 801-853-5353 Freshwater Fisheries 609-292-1599 commitment to manage the warmwater The Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife is a professional, environmental Land Management 609-292-1599 fisheries of the State. When the Pequest organization dedicated to the protection, management and wise use of Law Enforcement 609-292-9430 Trout Hatchery was built, we had promised the state’s fish and wildlife resources. Marine Fisheries 609-292-2083 Wildlife Education 609-292-9450 to renovate the Hackettstown Fish Hatchery The Digest is available at license agents and Division offices. Articles Wildlife Management 609-292-6685 to accommodate the propagation of large- and information may be reprinted with permission. Subscriptions are not available. Northern Region Office mouth bass, walleye, muskellunge, bluegill, hybrid striped bass, channel catfish and 26 Route 173 W., Hampton, NJ 08827 Partial Funding for the Digest is provided by the Law Enforcement (Bergen, Essex, Hudson, other fish species. The new Hackettstown Federal Aid in Sportfish Restoration Program. Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Hatchery is the foundation of that promise. New Jersey Fish & Wildlife Councils Union, and Warren Counties) 908-735-8240 Although trout have been the most promi- Endangered and Nongame Species 908-735-8975 Fish, Sportfish and Game Council nent feature of the Division of Fish, Game John W. Bradway, Sr., Chair, Salem Wildlife Damage Control 908-735-8793 W. Scott Ellis, Trenton Wildlife Management 908-735-7040 and Wildlife's freshwater fisheries program, surveys of New Jersey anglers have found Fred Hough, Augusta Land Management 973-383-0918 George Howard, Pittstown Pequest Trout Hatchery and that the majority of the fishing effort was for Jane Morton Galetto, Millville Natural Resource Education Center warmwater species, especially largemouth Elwood Knight, Mount Laurel 605 Pequest Rd., Oxford, NJ 07863 908-637-4125 bass. While the importance of the trout fish- Dr. John E. Kuser, Princeton Lebanon Freshwater Fisheries Lab ery will not be diminished, we have now cre- Bill Martin, Flemington PO Box 394, Lebanon, NJ 08830 908-236-2118 ated the opportunity for improving bass fish- Madelyn Picone, Cedar Knolls Central Region Office Charles Suk, Denville ing and establishing new warmwater fish- Robert Von Suskil, Vineland 386 Clarksburg-Robbinsville Rd., eries throughout the State. Robbinsville, NJ 08691 The renovated Hackettstown Fish Endangered and Nongame Species Council Law Enforcement (Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Advisory Committee Monmouth, and Ocean Counties) 609-259-2120 Hatchery will play a pivotal role in the Jane Mortin Galletto, Chair, Millville Land Management 609-259-2132 development of these new and improved Dr. James Applegate, Cranbury Wildlife Damage Control 609-259-7955 fisheries, but there is more to the total Dr. Joanna Burger, Somerset Southern Region Office warmwater fisheries management program. Mike Catania, Chester 220 Blue Anchor Rd., Sicklerville, NJ 08081 Fisheries habitat improvement, providing Sally Dudley, Mendham Rich Kane, Bernardsville Information 856-629-0090 angler access, acquisition of new lakes and Janet Larson, Toms River Law Enforcement (Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, along river corridors, changes in regulations Rick Lathrop, Bound Brook Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties)856-629-0555 when appropriate and a greater promotion Dr. Dale Schweitzer, Port Norris Land Management 856-629-5006 of our warmwater fisheries resource will all Dr. Rod Sharp, New Brunwick Freshwater Fisheries 856-629-4950 have a part in the development of this pro- James Shissias, Titusville Wildlife Damage Control 856-629-7224 gram. We will direct our warmwater fish- Dr. Robert Shomer, Mahwah Wildlife Education 856-629-7214 Nacote Creek Research Station eries efforts to extract all the benefits of the Marine Fisheries Council Gilbert Ewing, Jr., Chair, Cape May PO Box 418, Port Republic, NJ 08241 new hatchery facility. Our reward will be Dr. Robert B. Abel, Shrewsbury Marine Law Enforcement 609-748-2050 seeing you, your family and friends enjoy- ing the sport of fishing. William Barnish, Brigantine Marine Fisheries 609-748-2020 Charles Bergmann, Cape May Shellfisheries 609-748-2040 David Botwinick, Pennington Marine Education 609-748-2031 Motor Boat Regulations John Cole, Pt. Pleasant Beach Wildlife Management 609-748-2063 For information write: Gary Dickerson, Brick Patrick Donnelly, Brielle Bivalve Shellfish Office Division of Motor Vehicles PO Box 432, Port Norris, NJ 08349 856-785-0730 Edward Goldman, Absecon PO Box 403, Trenton, NJ 08625-0403 Richard Malinowski, Salem or contact your local DMV office for a boat “NJ” Frances Puskas, Barnegat Light number Hull numbers are issued by State Police Where to after their inspection. Atlantic Coast Shellfish Council State Police Troop “F” William Barnish, Chair, Brigantine Marine Law Enforcement Stations Everett Giberson, Manahawkin Write Us Bivalve 609-785-1330 Walter Hughes, Atlantick Highlands North Wildwood 609-522-0393 Daniel L. Loper, Erma Stephen Potter, New Gretna New Jersey Division of Fish, Atlantic City 609-441-3586 Game & Wildlife Burlington 609-387-1221 Delaware Bay Shellfish Council P.O. 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