New Jersey Statutes Title 50. Shellfish 50 § 2-9

When the person in charge of any boat or vessel licensed under the provisions of this Title, or any person holding a tonger's license, is hailed or signaled by any officer or other representative of the department and refuses to stop and permit the officers or representatives to board the boat, vessel or other craft and examine the oysters, oyster shells and other material thereon or if having permitted the officers or representatives to board, and a violation of R.S.50:2-7 or R.S.50:2-8 having been found, refuses to comply with an order to recull the oysters and oyster shells or immediately throw them upon the beds or grounds from which they were taken, the commissioner, in addition to the penalties provided in section 73 of P.L.1979, c. 199 (C.23:2B-14), may revoke the license of the boat or vessel and the license of the tonger and the department may seize and secure the boat, vessel and equipment . The commissioner shall immediately thereafter give notice thereof to the Superior Court which shall summarily hear and determine whether there was a violation of this section, and if it does so determine, it may direct the confiscation and forfeiture of the vessel, boat and equipment for the use of the department. The commissioner may dispose of the confiscated and forfeited property at the commissioner's discretion.