Delaware Code
Chapter 9. FINFISHING IN TIDAL WATERS
§ 929. Size limits on finfish; exceptions [Subject to the provisions of 64 Del. Laws, c. 251, § 4].

(a) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or by regulation promulgated by the Department or permit issued by the Division subsequent to April 27, 1984, no person shall possess any finfish listed in this section or any regulations promulgated by the Department that measure less than the dimensions set forth in this section or any regulation promulgated by the Department, unless said finfish is the legal product of artificial propagation and aquaculture authorized under permit issued by the Division. The dimensions of said finfish shall be the total measured from the tip of its snout to the furthest tip of its tail.
(b) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or by regulation promulgated by the Department or permit issued by the Division subsequent to April 27, 1984, no person shall possess any finfish in the State unless said finfish has at least the following dimensions:

(1) Striped bass (Morone saxatilis) taken from or caught in Delaware's internal waters shall have a minimum length of 14 inches;
(2) Striped bass taken from or caught in Delaware's territorial sea shall have a minimum length of 24 inches;
(3) Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis):

(4) Atlantic croaker (Micropogan undulatus):

(5) Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus):

(6) Summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus):

(7) Tautog (Tautoga onitis):

(8) White perch (Marone americana):

(c) Any person, who comes into possession by purchasing, trading or bartering for, any finfish measuring less than the dimensions set forth in this section or the dimensions set forth in any regulation promulgated by the Department, shall immediately report the possession of said finfish to the Department and then dispose of said finfish in a manner directed by the Department provided that none may be sold, traded or bartered.
(d) [Repealed.]

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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.