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Home » US Law » 2022 Delaware Code » Title 7 - Conservation » Part II » Shellfish » Chapter 23. BLUE CRABS (CALLINECTES SAPIDUS) » § 2304. Area permitted for commercial crabbing.
§ 2304. Area permitted for commercial crabbing.

It shall be unlawful for any commercial crabber to catch or take, or attempt to catch or take, for commercial purposes any hard-shell, soft-shell or peeler crabs from any waters of the rivers and bays of this State and the tributaries thereof or sell, offer for sale or buy any hard-shell crabs taken from said waters, except the Delaware Bay and the Delaware River and that area of Roy’s Creek which lies south of Fenwick Island Ditch.

7 Del. C. 1953, §§ 2303, 2304;  51 Del. Laws, c. 151, § 1;  57 Del. Laws, c. 587, §§ 1, 2;  60 Del. Laws, c. 513, § 2;  61 Del. Laws, c. 352, § 1;