§ 2509. Unloading locations.
§ 2509. Unloading locations. It shall be unlawful for any person to unload lobsters 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. Any person violating this section will be guilty of a class C environmental violation. […]
§ 2601. Commercial surf clam license.
§ 2601. Commercial surf clam license. It shall be unlawful for any person to harvest surf clams in this State unless said person has applied for and secured from the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and has in his or her possession a valid surf clam harvester’s license. The fee for a resident […]
§ 2602. Seasons.
§ 2602. Seasons. The Department will establish by regulation the seasons for the harvesting of surf clams. 64 Del. Laws, c. 243, § 2;
§ 2603. Minimum size.
§ 2603. Minimum size. It shall be unlawful for any person to possess surf clams taken from the waters under the jurisdiction of the State which measure less than the size limit designated by the Department. 64 Del. Laws, c. 243, § 2;
§ 2604. Permitted harvesting areas.
§ 2604. Permitted harvesting areas. (a) It shall be unlawful to harvest surf clams in any waters designated as contaminated by the Department. (b) The Department may open and close harvesting areas by regulation. If, in its discretion, the Department determines from biological evidence that emergency restrictions are necessary to protect clams or other shellfish […]
§ 2605. Penalty.
§ 2605. Penalty. Any person who violates this chapter shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for a first offense. For each subsequent conviction, a person shall be guilty of a class C environmental violation for the first offense. For each subsequent conviction, a person shall be guilty of a class […]
§ 2408. Noncommercial clamming permit.
§ 2408. Noncommercial clamming permit. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to harvest, in any 1 day, hard clams for noncommercial purposes in excess of the daily recreational clam limit unless said person has applied for and received from the Department, and has in his or her possession, a valid noncommercial clamming permit. […]
§ 2701. Authority of the Department.
§ 2701. Authority of the Department. (a) The Department shall establish and administer a program for the conservation and management of horseshoe crabs. Such program shall include the promulgation of regulations for: (1) Administration of a permitting system and issuance of permits as defined by this chapter; (2) Designation of areas for harvest and restriction […]
§ 2409. Recreational clamming.
§ 2409. Recreational clamming. The Department will establish, by regulation, the seasons for the taking of clams and/or limit the number of clams which may be taken for recreational purposes. 60 Del. Laws, c. 513, § 2; 76 Del. Laws, c. 71, § 13;
§ 2702. Scientific collecting permit.
§ 2702. Scientific collecting permit. The Department may issue a scientific collecting permit to a person to permit the collecting of horseshoe crabs solely for scientific, medical or educational purposes. There shall be no fee for this collecting permit. The person shall apply to the Department for a collecting permit on an application provided by […]