§ 2310. Noncommercial crabbing; daily limits.
§ 2310. Noncommercial crabbing; daily limits. (a) Noncommercial crabbing is permitted in any of the waters under the jurisdiction of the State unless otherwise posted by the Department. (b) It is unlawful for any person actively engaged in noncommercial crabbing to sell any crabs. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, use, […]
§ 2311. Crab pot attendance; abandonment; confiscation; forfeiture.
§ 2311. Crab pot attendance; abandonment; confiscation; forfeiture. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person who places, uses or sets a crab pot in the tidal waters of this State to fail to tend and remove crabs from said crab pot at least once every 72 hours. (b) Failure to tend and remove crabs […]
§ 2312. Vessels used by commercial crab dredgers in Delaware waters.
§ 2312. Vessels used by commercial crab dredgers in Delaware waters. (a) It shall be unlawful for a crab dredge licensee to dredge crabs from the waters of this State from any vessel other than 1 vessel owned and operated by said crab dredge licensee. The vessel shall be listed on the crab dredger’s license. […]
§ 2401. Minimum size.
§ 2401. Minimum size. It shall be unlawful for any person to possess hard clams taken from the waters under the jurisdiction of the State which measure less than 11/2 inches. Any commercial measure of hard clams shall not contain more than 5% clams that are less than 11/2 inches. 60 Del. Laws, c. 513, […]
§ 2402. Commercial clam tong/rake license.
§ 2402. Commercial clam tong/rake license. It shall be unlawful for any person to tong or to rake clams 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 clam tong/rake license. The fee for a commercial clam tong/rake […]
§ 2403. Area permitted; method of taking under clam tong/rake license.
§ 2403. Area permitted; method of taking under clam tong/rake license. (a) It shall be unlawful to take clams from any leased shellfish grounds or contaminated area, as determined by the Department, in Delaware Bay, Indian River and Bay, Rehoboth Bay, Little and Big Assawoman Bays and the tributaries thereof, except a person authorized in […]
§ 2109. Oyster harvesting from private leased beds.
§ 2109. Oyster harvesting from private leased beds. (a) Except in the case of shellfish aquaculture leases on Delaware’s Inland Bays, it shall be unlawful for any person to harvest oysters from leased shellfish grounds unless said person notifies the Department of said harvest at least 48 hours prior to harvesting oysters from leased shellfish […]
§ 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 […]