§ 2404. Commercial dredge clam license.
§ 2404. Commercial dredge clam license. It shall be unlawful for any person to dredge for hard clams in this State unless said person has applied for, secured from the Department and has in his or her possession a valid clam dredger’s license. The fee for a resident clam dredger’s license shall be $57.50. The […]
§ 2301. Minimum size.
§ 2301. Minimum size. It shall be unlawful for any person to take from any waters within the jurisdiction of the State or have in his or her possession at any time any hard-shell blue crab measuring less than 5 inches from tip to tip, nor any soft-shell blue crab measuring less than 31/2 inches […]
§ 2405. Commercial dredge clam license — Area permitted; method of taking under commercial dredge clam license.
§ 2405. Commercial dredge clam license — Area permitted; method of taking under commercial dredge clam license. (a) It shall be unlawful to dredge for hard clams with a commercial dredge clam license on leased shellfish grounds, except that a person may dredge hard clams from his or her own leased shellfish grounds as long […]
§ 2302. Female blue crabs bearing eggs.
§ 2302. Female blue crabs bearing eggs. It shall be unlawful for any person to take or have in his or her possession or offer for sale at any time any female blue crab bearing eggs visible thereon (sponge crabs), or any female blue crab from which the egg pouch or bunion has been removed. […]
§ 2406. Seasons; limits.
§ 2406. Seasons; limits. Except in the case of clams reared on shellfish aquaculture lease sites on Delaware’s Inland Bays, the Department will establish by regulation the seasons for the taking of clams and/or limit the number of clams which may be harvested commercially by any 1 licensee. If, in its discretion, the Department determines […]
§ 2303. Commercial crab pot license.
§ 2303. Commercial crab pot license. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to catch or land crabs for commercial purposes in this State unless said person has applied for and secured from the Department and has in his or her possession a valid commercial crab pot license. The fee for a resident commercial […]
§ 2407. Unloading locations.
§ 2407. Unloading locations. It shall be unlawful for any person to unload hard clams taken from the waters or shellfish grounds within the jurisdiction of the State at any port or unloading facilities located outside the geographic boundaries of the State. 60 Del. Laws, c. 513, § 2;
§ 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 […]
§ 2305. Seasons; limits.
§ 2305. Seasons; limits. (a) No person shall catch and take or attempt to catch and take crabs in any of the waters under the jurisdiction of this State with any commercial crab pot between December 1 of each year and the last day of February immediately following. (b) The Department may restrict the number […]
§ 2306. Marking of commercial crab pots and vessels; penalties.
§ 2306. Marking of commercial crab pots and vessels; penalties. (a) The buoys of all crab pots placed for commercial purposes shall be colored a specific color combination as assigned to each commercial crab pot licensee. The crabbing vessel specified on the license shall display the same color code assigned to the licensee on a […]