Shellfish Leases in New Jersey

This data layer provides the location of all shellfish leases in the Atlantic Coast and Delaware Bay regions of New Jersey. These leases are used exclusively for the planting and cultivating of shellfish by the lessee. Leases are granted by the New Jersey Shellfisheries Council, upon approval from the Commissioner of the NJDEP. These data show the location and areas of leases within Atlantic Coastal bays and estuaries and in the Delaware Bay region of New Jersey. These data may change monthly depending on leasing transactions, i.e. Council actions to approved pending leases, leases vacated due to non-payment or lessee action. These data were created to facilitate the leasing program within the Atlantic Coast and Delaware Bay regions of New Jersey. These data are regularly updated on monthly basis.Authority of the NJ Shellfisheries Council is to Grant Leases is by Title 50, NJSA 50:1-24 and codified in the Leasing of Atlantic Coast Bottom for Aquaculture regulations at NJAC 7:25-24. This data is typically updated monthly due to new and vacated leases. Atlantic Coast Leases are measured in Acres or Linear Feet (length of bank out to 16 ft depth at mean low water). Linear Feet applies to leases in the Mullica River, Motts Creek and tributaries. This measurement was established on May 12, 1917 by the Board of Shell Fisheries. There were a few leases, however, near the mouth of Nacote Creek in the Mullica River that are in acres.Relay Leases - all special hard clam relay leases within Atlantic Coastal bays and estuaries of New Jersey are used exclusively for the planting of hard clams harvested from marginally polluted waters “Restricted”, under the DEP shellfish resource recovery program, for the purpose of utilizing these hard clam resources by cleansing them to health standards for marketing and human consumption as codified under NJAC 7:25-15 and NJAC 7:12-9. Leases are granted by the New Jersey Shellfisheries Council, upon approval from the Commissioner of the NJDEP. This authority of the Council is to grant leases is by Title 50, NJSA 50:1-24 and codified in the Leasing of Atlantic Coast Bottom for Aquaculture regulations at NJAC 7:25-24. These data are typically updated monthly due to new and vacated leases when the program is active. There are three designated special relay lease areas, Tuckerton, Little Egg Harbor Bay; Laurel Harbor, Barnegat Bay and Great Bay, Great Bay. These data were created to facilitate and manage the hard clam relay program within the Atlantic Coast region of New Jersey.本数据图层展示了新泽西州大西洋海岸与特拉华湾区域内所有贝类养殖租赁地块的位置。此类租赁地块仅用于承租人种植和培育贝类。租赁地块由新泽西州贝类渔业委员会（New Jersey Shellfisheries Council）授予，需经新泽西州环境保护部（New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection，NJDEP）专员批准。本数据涵盖了新泽西州大西洋沿岸海湾、河口以及特拉华湾区域内租赁地块的位置与面积。本数据每月可能随租赁交易发生变更，具体包括委员会审核通过待批租赁地块、因未缴费用或承租人主动退租而被收回的地块等情形。本数据集旨在为新泽西州大西洋海岸与特拉华湾区域的租赁项目提供支持，并按月定期更新。 新泽西州贝类渔业委员会的租赁授予权限依据《新泽西州法典》（New Jersey Statutes Annotated，NJSA）第50篇第50:1-24条制定，并编入《大西洋海岸底土水产养殖租赁条例》（New Jersey Administrative Code 7:25-24，NJAC 7:25-24）。本数据通常每月更新，以反映新增租赁地块与被收回地块的变化。大西洋海岸租赁地块的面积计量单位为英亩（Acres）或线性英尺（Linear Feet，即平均低潮位时岸线向外延伸至16英尺水深的长度）。线性英尺单位适用于穆利卡河、莫茨溪及其支流内的租赁地块，该计量标准于1917年5月12日由贝类渔业委员会制定。不过穆利卡河纳科特溪河口附近的少数租赁地块仍以英亩为计量单位。 暂养租赁地块（Relay Leases）：新泽西州大西洋沿岸海湾及河口内的所有专用硬壳蛤暂养租赁地块，仅用于种植从受轻度污染的"受限"水域收获的硬壳蛤。根据新泽西州环境保护部（NJDEP）贝类资源恢复计划，此类地块的设置目的是通过将这些硬壳蛤净化至符合销售及人类食用的健康标准，从而开发利用该类硬壳蛤资源，相关规定编入NJAC 7:25-15与NJAC 7:12-9。此类租赁地块仍由新泽西州贝类渔业委员会（New Jersey Shellfisheries Council）审核，经NJDEP专员批准后方可授予。委员会的租赁授予权限依据《新泽西州法典》（NJSA）第50篇第50:1-24条制定，并编入《大西洋海岸底土水产养殖租赁条例》（NJAC 7:25-24）。在项目运行期间，本数据通常每月更新，以反映新增及被收回的租赁地块情况。共设有三处指定的专用暂养租赁区域，分别为塔克顿（小埃格港湾）、劳雷尔港（巴尼加特湾）与大湾（大湾）。本数据集旨在支持与管理新泽西州大西洋海岸区域内的硬壳蛤暂养项目。