New Jersey Statutes Title 23. Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals 23 § 2A-19

As used in this act:

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection.

“Council” means the New Jersey Invasive Species Council established by section 5 of this act.

“Conditional use waiver” means an authorization issued by the Department of Environmental Protection that provides for a limited, specified use of a prohibited invasive species, which would otherwise be prohibited pursuant to the provisions of section 4 of this act.

“Cultivar” means a variety of plant that has been specifically cultivated by humans, through artificial selection, in order to produce particular traits.

“Department” means the Department of Environmental Protection.

“Departments” means both the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Agriculture.

“Introduction” means the placement, release, or escape of a non-native species into a new geographical area.

“Invasive species” means, with regard to a particular ecosystem, a non-native organism whose introduction causes, or is likely to cause, economic or environmental harm, or harm to human, animal, or plant health.

“Non-native species” means, with respect to a particular ecosystem, an organism, including its seeds, eggs, spores, or other biological material capable of propagating that species, that occurs outside of its natural range.

“Prohibited invasive species” means an invasive species whose introduction causes, or may cause, substantial economic or environmental harm or harm to human health, or substantially threatens, or may threaten, natural resources or the use of natural resources in the State, which species has been listed in section 4 of this act or the rules and regulations adopted by the department to implement this act.

“Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.