§ 2802. Commercial conch pot license; fees; exemptions. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to catch, take or harvest conchs while fishing more than 2 conch pots in the waters of this State unless said person has in possession a valid commercial conch pot license. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person […]
§ 2803. Commercial conch dredge license; fees; exceptions. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, while operating a vessel equipped with a dredge or a vessel with a bullrake on board, to possess more than 15 bushels of conchs unless said person has in possession a valid commercial conch dredge license. (b) It shall […]
§ 2804. Minimum size. It shall be unlawful for any person to possess any conch which measures less than a minimum possession size limit specified in regulations promulgated by the Department. The Department is authorized to promulgate regulations to establish the minimum possession size limit of conchs. 69 Del. Laws, c. 284, § 4;
§ 2805. Areas closed for commercial conch potting or dredging. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a dredge for the purpose of catching, taking or harvesting conchs over leased shellfish grounds, natural oyster beds or other areas declared closed to dredging for conchs by the Department by regulation; provided however, that those […]
§ 2806. Seasons closed for commercial conch potting or dredging. The Department is authorized to promulgate regulations that close seasons to either dredging or potting for conchs. 69 Del. Laws, c. 284, § 4;
§ 2807. Marking of conch pots. (a) In Delaware’s internal waters, it shall be unlawful for any commercial conch pot licensee to catch, take or harvest conchs with any conch pot or attempt to catch, take or harvest conchs with any conch pot unless each conch pot is attached to a floating buoy. In Delaware’s […]
§ 2808. Conch pot attendance; abandonment; confiscation; forfeiture. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person who places, uses or sets a conch pot in the tidal waters of this State to fail to tend and remove conchs from said conch pot at least once every 72 hours. (b) Failure to tend and remove conchs […]
