(a) If a fishery management plan approved by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce or Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission requires the landings of a finfish species by headboats and charter boats to be monitored, said finfish species, if caught on a headboat or charter boat, shall not be landed in this State unless the owner or operator of said boat has been issued a headboat/charter boat fishing permit. The Department shall not charge a fee for the headboat/charter boat fishing permit.
(b) All headboat/charter boat fishing permit holders shall maintain a logbook, supplied by the Department, for those finfish species that have management plans which require landings to be monitored. Headboat/charter boat fishing permit holders shall forward copies of their logbook entries to the Department as prescribed by the Department. The logbooks shall contain, but not be limited to:
(1) The headboat/charter boat fishing permit number; and
(2) The number and/or weight, by species, of finfish landed on each date.
(c) The Department may adopt, amend, modify or repeal rules and regulations to effectuate the policy and purpose 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.