Pequanick River

[NJ Dave]

A friend fishing the Pequanick river said he observed a few freshly posted signs saying that brown trout in this river are c & r only.
Is this something new and why this regulation?
I have only fished this river a hand full of times. Mabey it has been a long time reg that I was un aware of.
I have caught some obvious wild trout from that river, some real colored up 6 inch little guys.
If this is some type of natural reproducing river why not stop stocking it all together so it will get little to no fishing pressure so the trout can do there thing.
It would be nice if we can actually get good numbers of trout to reproduce in the garden state.