N.J. Stat. Ann. § 58:24-2

The department shall immediately condemn any oyster or clam bed or other place from which oysters, clams or other shellfish are or may be taken upon discovering that such place is subject to pollution or to any other condition which may render the oysters, clams or other shellfish in such place or which may be taken therefrom, dangerous to health. L.1979, c. 321, s. 2, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.