New Jersey Statutes Title 12. Commerce and Navigation 12 § 7-49

No person shall operate a dredge which shall have in tow excessive lines of pontoons and other equipment and thereby endanger buoys, lights and other aids to navigation.  A length of pontoon or other tow exceeding one hundred fifty feet measured from the stern of the towing vessel shall be deemed for the purposes of this act   1 presumptive evidence of a violation of this section where damage is shown to have occurred within twenty-four hours after the passage of such pontoon or tow.