Delaware Code
Chapter 9. FINFISHING IN TIDAL WATERS
§ 921. Identification requirements for equipment.

No fisher shall fish with any food fishing equipment in the tidal waters of this State that is permitted under the provisions of § 915 of this title that does not have attached to it a fisher's food fishing equipment permit number that is assigned by the Department. The permit number shall be attached to all required end red or international orange flags or floats and shall also be attached to all white markers required for fish pots and/or traps. The permit number attached to the aforementioned items shall be maintained so that the permit number is legible and readable at all times during its use. The permit number once attached to the aforementioned items shall be at least 2 inches high, and in block style numerals, and attached in such a manner that it is visible above the surface of the water. Reflective tape may be used to form the license number to be attached to the aforementioned items.

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Delaware Code

Title 7 - Conservation

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.

§ 906. Definitions.

§ 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.

§ 911. Scientific permit; issuance; information; expiration; report; equipment marking and identification requirements.

§ 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.

§ 920. Marking requirement for fishing equipment; exception for minnow traps; removal of stakes, anchors and lines.

§ 921. Identification requirements for equipment.

§ 922. Length restrictions on certain nets.

§ 923. Gill nets; restrictions on use; seasons.

§ 924. Unattended fishing equipment.

§ 925. Fishing with explosives, chemicals, poisons and other devices; exception for Department and agents.

§ 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.

§ 932. Removal and inspection of fishing equipment by authorized personnel; confiscation and sale of illegally used equipment.

§ 933. Search of persons, boats, vessels and commercial facilities.

§ 934. Seizure and forfeiture of finfish.

§ 935. Sale of seized finfish.

§ 936. Enforcement; penalties; seizure and forfeiture of illegally used property; injunctions; false statements.

§ 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.

§ 942. Control of invasive finfish species.

§ 943. Tagging striped bass.