For the purpose of regulating the shad fishery of the Delaware River and Bay and their tributaries:
(1) The Delaware River includes all that part of the river and its tributaries above a line drawn from the monument on the Delaware shore at or near Listons Point and the corresponding monument at or near the mouth of New Hope Creek on the New Jersey shore, as established by the Commissioners of the States of New Jersey and Delaware under the Compact of 1905 and subsequent enabling legislation of the two states.
(2) The Delaware Bay includes all the waters of the Delaware Bay south of such line and the tributaries emptying therein down to a line connecting the Harbor of Refuge Light at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, with the lighthouse at Cape May, New Jersey.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 73 - Shad Fishing in Delaware River and Bay
Section 7301 - Legislative findings and declarations
Section 7302 - Delaware River and Bay defined
Section 7303 - Interstate cooperation
Section 7304 - Permitted nets and devices
Section 7305 - Season and lift period
Section 7306 - License required for catching shad with nets
Section 7307 - Limitations on issuance of license
Section 7308 - Issuance of additional licenses
Section 7310 - Records and reports by licensees
Section 7311 - Transfer of license
Section 7312 - Withdrawal of licenses issued in prior year