jersey boater in new york waters

[Bucktail]

Interesting.  I guess the best thing to do would be to call NY Fish & Game and see what they say.   

[IrishAyes]

This brings me back to my original point.

Reciprocity between bordering states who ISSUE a license. To date, New Jersey does not issue a salt water license and therefore, this would not come into play until such time.


This is cut and paste from the NY Marine License law.

  7.  Reciprocity  in boundary waters.   If persons holding recreational
    44  marine fishing licenses issued under the New York fish and wildlife  law
    45  are  not  required to have licenses issued by a state named in paragraph
    46  a, b or c of this subdivision when fishing in that part of  the  waters,
    47  specified  in such paragraph, which lies within that state then, in such
    48  case, a person holding a similar license issued by such state may, with-
    49  out a recreational marine fishing license issued under the New York fish
    50  and wildlife law, take fish as provided in this title, from that part of
    51  such waters specified in paragraph a, b or c of this  subdivision  which
    52  lies within this state:
    53    a.  License  issued  by  Connecticut: those parts of Long Island Sound
    54  lying between New York and Connecticut.
        S. 59--B                           54                          A. 159--B
 
     1    b. License issued by New Jersey:  those  parts  of  New  York  Harbor,
     2  Hudson River, Kill Van Kull, Arthur Kill, Raritan Bay and Atlantic Ocean
     3  lying between New York and New Jersey.
     4    c.  License  issued by Rhode Island: those parts of Long Island Sound,
     5  Block Island Sound and Atlantic Ocean lying between New York  and  Rhode
     6  Island.


Here is the web page it was taken from.

http://www.ctsportsmen.com/nymarinelicense09.htm

[Pfishingruven]

I emailed the Licensing Bureau at the NY DEC.

The "Official" interpretation is that the NOAA Registry is NOT an "appropriate" license for NJ Residents fishing in boundary waters.  You DO need a NY State Fishing License to fish any of their waters.

So, if you don't have a license and are "caught" there LEO's will issue you a summons and then you could argue the interpretation of the law in Court.  However, the Law and the FAQ's are quite different, as pointed out by Capt Joe!

If anyone has any questions or would like to read the email I was sent, please message or email me and I will forward it on as well as the email address for a point of contact with the DEC.