§ 1802. Commercial license requirements; restrictions. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to initially sell or offer for sale 25 or more eels per day unless the person selling or offering such eels for sale has a valid commercial eel fishing license issued by the Department. (b) It shall be unlawful for any […]
§ 1803. Use of funds derived from sale of commercial licenses. All funds derived from the issuances of commercial eel fishing licenses shall be deposited by the Department in the General Fund. 61 Del. Laws, c. 256, § 1;
§ 1804. Reciprocity for commercial nonresident licenses. When by or pursuant to the laws or regulations of any other state, should any other state impose any tax, other fee or restrictions on nonresidents for the privilege of commercial eel fishing within its boundaries, which tax, or other fee is in the aggregate greater or restriction […]
§ 1805. Commercial license number. (a) The Department shall assign a number to all commercial eel fishing licensees. (b) It shall be unlawful for a commercial eel fishing licensee to fish with commercial eel fishing gear without fixing his or her assigned number in 2 inch block numbers, prefixed by “E” to each piece of […]
§ 1806. Prohibited fishing devices and substances. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to make use of any net, trap, catching device, contrivance, explosive, chemical or substance whatsoever, except commercial eel fishing gear or noncommercial eel fishing gear as defined in § 1801 of this title, for the purpose of taking or attempting […]
§ 1807. Illegal use or destruction of fishing gear. It shall be unlawful for any person to fish, lift, remove or wilfully damage or destroy any commercial or noncommercial eel fishing gear owned by another person, except that employees of the Department may inspect commercial eel fishing gear to insure compliance with this chapter. 61 […]
§ 1808. Penalty. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a class C environmental violation. Justices of the Peace Courts shall have jurisdiction over offenses under this chapter. 61 Del. Laws, c. 256, § 1; 79 Del. Laws, c. 421, § 7;
§ 1809. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control; authority; regulations. (a) The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control shall administer and enforce the laws and regulations of this State relating to eel fishing. The Department shall have the authority to cooperate with and assist departments, agencies and offices of this State and other […]
§ 1810. Temporary limits [Effective until fulfillment of requirements in the introductory paragraph of this section]. The following limits prescribed by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission for eel on August 20, 2013, shall be in effect until the Department adopts regulations pursuant to the authority granted in § 1809 of this title. (1) Minimum […]
§ 1811. . Quota management system implementation. If a fishery management plan approved by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission requires the implementation of a quota management system for commercial landings of eel, any regulations adopted by the Department of Natural Resources shall not establish such quota management system, including, but not limited to, requirements […]
