(a) There is hereby established a Finfisheries Development Fund, which shall be funded by the following sources:
(1) Moneys received by the Department for commercial food fishing license fees and food fishing equipment permits;
(2) Moneys received from the payment of fines for committing a violation of this chapter or regulations or permits promulgated or issued pursuant to this chapter; and
(3) Moneys received from the sale of the following confiscated or unclaimed items:
(b) Finfisheries development funds shall be used only for the following purposes:
(1) The development and maintenance of finfishing facilities in the State that are used to aid and assist finfishers;
(2) Actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred by members of the Council in connection with their attendance at Council meetings;
(3) Actual and necessary travel, lodging and food expenses incurred by members of the Council or the designee of the Council in connection with attendance at interstate fish management meetings whenever federal funds are not available;
(4) Postage for mailing notices of public hearings, fishery reports and other materials related to finfisheries management;
(5) Printing materials pertaining to the promulgation of regulations, printing notices of public hearings and other meetings, printing announcements and printing information pertinent to finfisheries management;
(6) Conducting research on, and taking inventories of, finfish of significance to Delaware's commercial and recreational fishers, such research and inventorying to be contracted out or performed by Department personnel.
(c) For the purposes of implementing subsection (b) of this section, all moneys received from the sources set forth in subsection (a) of this section shall be deposited at least monthly with the State Treasurer. The State Treasurer shall retain said moneys in a special fund until expended upon proper vouchers of the Department to carry out the purposes of subsection (b) of this section.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 9. FINFISHING IN TIDAL WATERS
§ 901. Purpose of chapter; policy of State; interstate fishery management plan; advisory committee.
§ 902. Application of chapter.
§ 903. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control; authority; permits; regulations.
§ 903A. Striped bass quotas and tags.
§ 904. Advisory Council on Tidal Finfisheries; establishment; organization; authority.
§ 907. Equipment and methods used for fishing for game fish.
§ 908. Equipment and methods used for fishing for bait fish.
§ 909. Fishing for bait fish in tidal waters.
§ 910. Types of fishing equipment and methods used for fishing for food fish.
§ 912. Sale, trade and/or barter of game fish.
§ 913. Sale, trade and/or barter of food fish.
§ 914. Commercial food fishing license; requirements and fees.
§ 915. Food fishing equipment permit; requirements, fees and restrictions.
§ 916. Finfisheries Development Fund.
§ 917. Areas restricted for using certain fishing equipment.
§ 918. Interfering with fishing equipment.
§ 919. Menhaden fishing; penalties.
§ 921. Identification requirements for equipment.
§ 922. Length restrictions on certain nets.
§ 923. Gill nets; restrictions on use; seasons.
§ 924. Unattended fishing equipment.
§ 926. Extracting oil or making fertilizer from food and game fish; penalty.
§ 927. Fishing with trawl nets, purse seines, run around gill nets; penalty; exceptions.
§ 928. Interstate transfer of finfish.
§ 928A. Trade in shark fins; penalty.
§ 929. Size limits on finfish; exceptions [Subject to the provisions of 64 Del. Laws, c. 251, § 4].
§ 930. Striped bass spawning areas.
§ 931. Theft and attempted theft of fishing equipment or finfish from fishing equipment.
§ 933. Search of persons, boats, vessels and commercial facilities.
§ 934. Seizure and forfeiture of finfish.
§ 935. Sale of seized finfish.
§ 937. Suspension or refusal to issue commercial finfishing license.
§ 938. Creel limits on finfish; exceptions.
§ 939. Fishing seasons; exception.
§ 940. Food fish dealer permits.
§ 941. Headboat/charter boat fishing permits; reporting requirements.