§ 921. Identification requirements for equipment. No fisher shall fish with any food fishing equipment in the tidal waters of this State that is permitted under the provisions of § 915 of this title that does not have attached to it a fisher’s food fishing equipment permit number that is assigned by the Department. The […]
§ 922. Length restrictions on certain nets. No person shall fish in Delaware’s internal waters with any 1 gill net that exceeds 200 yards in length, or fish in said waters with more than 1 gill net in a continuous series when the series of gill nets exceeds 500 yards in total length, unless each […]
§ 923. Gill nets; restrictions on use; seasons. (a) Unless otherwise authorized by a scientific permit issued by the Division, no person shall fish more than an aggregate of 200 feet of gill net, that is anchored, staked or fixed in any way in the tidal waters of this State at any time during a […]
§ 924. Unattended fishing equipment. (a) No person shall leave fixed fishing equipment that is being fished in the tidal waters of this State unattended for any longer than 48 hours unless inclement weather provides for unsafe navigation. (b) No person shall leave drifting fishing equipment that is being fished in the tidal waters of […]
§ 925. Fishing with explosives, chemicals, poisons and other devices; exception for Department and agents. (a) No person shall fish for finfish in the tidal waters of the State with any explosives, chemicals, poisons and/or poisoned baits or other substances or devices employing explosives, electricity, chemicals or poisons, unless it is otherwise specified as a […]
§ 926. Extracting oil or making fertilizer from food and game fish; penalty. (a) No person shall have in his or her possession and/or bring into this State any finfish, other than menhaden, legally taken in this State or other waters, for the purpose of extracting oil therefrom, and/or for the purpose of converting such […]
§ 927. Fishing with trawl nets, purse seines, run around gill nets; penalty; exceptions. (a) No person shall fish with or use in the tidal waters of this State any type of trawl net that is operated in any manner by wind or sail power, motor power, hydraulics, pulleys, by being pulled by a power […]
§ 928. Interstate transfer of finfish. (a) No person who catches food fish outside the jurisdictional boundaries of the State shall land and/or transfer said food fish from said person’s vessel to a shore or any facility located in the State for the purpose of transporting, selling, packing and/or processing said food fish, except for […]
§ 928A. Trade in shark fins; penalty. (a) For the purpose of this section: (1) “Shark” shall mean any species of the subclass Elasmbranchii, exclusive of the Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) and Smooth dogfish (Mustelus canis); and (2) “Shark fin” shall mean the raw, dried or otherwise processed detached fin, or the raw, dried or […]
§ 929. Size limits on finfish; exceptions [Subject to the provisions of 64 Del. Laws, c. 251, § 4]. (a) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or by regulation promulgated by the Department or permit issued by the Division subsequent to April 27, 1984, no person shall possess any finfish listed in this section or […]
§ 930. Striped bass spawning areas. (a) For purposes of this chapter or any regulation promulgated by the Department or permit issued by the Division, striped bass spawning areas in the State shall mean the Nanticoke River and its tributaries and the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. (b) The Department may promulgate regulations pertaining to spawning […]
§ 931. Theft and attempted theft of fishing equipment or finfish from fishing equipment. (a) No person shall take and/or remove any finfish from any fishing equipment that is owned by another person without having received written authority to take and/or remove said finfish. (b) No person shall attempt to take and/or remove any finfish […]
§ 932. Removal and inspection of fishing equipment by authorized personnel; confiscation and sale of illegally used equipment. (a) Any authorized employee of the Department may inspect any fishing equipment placed in the tidal waters of this State. (b) Any authorized employee of the Department may remove any fishing equipment used in the tidal waters […]
§ 933. Search of persons, boats, vessels and commercial facilities. Any authorized employee of the Department, after determining there is probable cause that there has been a violation of this chapter or any regulation promulgated by the Department or any permit issued by the Division, may do the following without obtaining a warrant beforehand: (1) […]
§ 934. Seizure and forfeiture of finfish. (a) Any authorized employee of the Department who has probable cause to believe that there is a violation of this chapter or any regulation promulgated by the Department or permit issued by the Division may seize the following items under the following conditions: Any finfish located, found, retained, […]
§ 935. Sale of seized finfish. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, in view of the perishable nature of fish, any employee of the Department authorized to enforce this chapter or any regulation promulgated by the Department or permit issued by the Division who seizes any finfish may dispose of said finfish in […]
§ 936. Enforcement; penalties; seizure and forfeiture of illegally used property; injunctions; false statements. (a) The Secretary, the Department and persons authorized by the Secretary shall enforce this chapter and any regulation promulgated by the Department or any permit issued by the Division. (b) Any person, organization, group, business, corporation, partnership or any other type […]
§ 937. Suspension or refusal to issue commercial finfishing license. If a commercial fisher during a 1-year period has committed 3 or more violations of any provision of this chapter or any regulation promulgated by the Department or permit issued by the Division and is convicted of said violations, the Department, upon the recommendation of […]
§ 938. Creel limits on finfish; exceptions. (a) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, or by regulations promulgated by the Department, or permit issued by the Division, a fisher shall not have in possession at or between the place caught and the fisher’s personal abode or temporary or transient place of lodging more finfish than […]
§ 939. Fishing seasons; exception. (a) Notwithstanding § 938 of this title, it shall be unlawful for any person to possess or retain more than 3 tautog (Tautoga onitis) during the period beginning at 12: 01 a.m. on April 1 through and including midnight on June 30 next ensuing except that an individual who free […]
