New Jersey Statutes Title 50. Shellfish 50 § 3-3

The commissioner, before issuing a license to any boat or vessel as provided in this article, shall cause the owner thereof to file with the commissioner a statement that the boat or vessel is wholly owned by legally domiciled residents or by any entity incorporated in this State; and no boat or vessel owned wholly or in part by a nonresident and licensed in any other state to catch oysters on natural beds or grounds in that other state shall be licensed in this State within the same year in which the license to catch oysters in the other state shall have been or shall be issued. The commissioner may revoke a license issued by reason of a false statement filed by any applicant.