N.J. Stat. Ann. § 23:10-3

Proceedings for the recovery of penalties for the violation of any provision of this Title, any provision of any law supplementary thereto, or any provision of the State Fish and Game Code shall be brought in the name of the State, by a duly commissioned warden, deputy warden, police officer, or a member of any regularly incorporated fish and game protective association, or the fish and game protector as prosecutor, and no such proceeding shall be instituted by any other person unless specifically authorized by law.