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Assent Language - Delaware
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§ 106: The State assents to the act of Congress entitled “An Act to Provide that the United States Shall Aid the States in Fish-Restoration and Management Projects, and for Other Purposes,” approved August 9, 1950 [16 U.S.C. § 777 et seq.] as amended…
Assent Language - Delaware
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§ 105: The State assents to the act of Congress entitled, “An Act to Provide that the United States Shall Aid the States in Wildlife-Restoration Projects, and for Other Purposes,” approved September 2, 1937 [16 U.S.C. § 669 et seq.] as amended and…
Definition of Hunting - Delaware
(Definitions)
(3) “Hunt” means to chase, pursue, kill, trap or take or attempt to chase, pursue, kill, trap or take any form of wild bird or wild animal.
Definition of Trapping - Delaware
(Definitions)
(3) “Hunt” means to chase, pursue, kill, trap or take or attempt to chase, pursue, kill, trap or take any form of wild bird or wild animal.
Delaware - Agency Mandate
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(a) The Department shall protect, manage and conserve all forms of protected wildlife of this State, and enforce by proper actions and proceedings the law relating thereto. The Department shall authorize such studies as are necessary to the work of…
Delaware - Agency Rule-Making Authority
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(a) The Department may promulgate such rules and regulations and may make expenditures necessary to: (1) Fix and regulate seasons by shortening, extending or closing seasons, and to fix and regulate the bag limit on any species of protected wildlife…
Delaware - Creation of Agency
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The Division of Fish and Wildlife is established having powers, duties and functions as follows: (1) The Division of Fish and Wildlife shall have the power to perform and shall be responsible for the performance of all the powers, duties and…
Delaware - Creation of Agency
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A Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is established and shall have, in addition to the other powers, duties and functions vested in the Department by this chapter, the power to perform and shall be responsible for the…
Delaware - Directors and Commissioners
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(a) The administrator and head of the Department shall be the Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of the office.
Delaware - Hunter Education
(Education)
(a) Every resident of this State, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall obtain a general license before hunting, trapping and/or fishing in this State; and every resident required to obtain a hunting license who was born after January…
Delaware - Hunter Education
(Education)
(a) Every nonresident, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall obtain a general license before hunting, trapping, fishing, clamming, or crabbing in this State. Every nonresident required to obtain a hunting license who was born after…
Delaware - Hunter Education
(Education)
(a) Every resident of this State, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall obtain a general license before hunting, trapping and/or fishing in this State; and every resident required to obtain a hunting license who was born after January…
Delaware - Hunter Education
(Education)
(a) Every nonresident, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall obtain a general license before hunting, trapping, fishing, clamming, or crabbing in this State. Every nonresident required to obtain a hunting license who was born after…
Delaware - Jurisdiction for Cats
(Invasive Species)
(g) “Feral cat”--An offspring of abandoned domestic cats who reverts to a semi-wild state and lives outside in family groups called colonies. Feral cats have a temperament of extreme fear and resistance to contact with humans.
Delaware - Trapper Education
(Education)
(a) Every resident of this State, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall obtain a general license before hunting, trapping and/or fishing in this State; and every resident required to obtain a hunting license who was born after January…
Endangered Species - Definitions - Delaware
(Protected Species)
(b) “Nongame” is that fauna, including rare and endangered species, which are not commonly trapped, killed, captured or consumed, either for sport or profit.;...
Endangered Species - Enforcement and Penalties - Delaware
(Protected Species)
Whoever violates this chapter shall be guilty of a class A environmental misdemeanor for each offense.; Any officer or agent authorized by the Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control or any officer or agent…
Endangered Species - Permitting Process - Delaware
(Protected Species)
The Director of the Division of Fish and Wildlife may permit, under such terms and conditions as he or she may prescribe, the importation of any species or subspecies of fish or wildlife listed in this chapter for zoological, educational, and…
Endangered Species - Permitting Process - Delaware
(Protected Species)
The Director of the Division of Fish and Wildlife may permit, under such terms and conditions as he or she may prescribe, the importation of any species or subspecies of fish or wildlife listed in this chapter for zoological, educational, and…
Endangered Species - Protections and Prohibited Actions - Delaware
(Protected Species)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the importation, transportation, possession or sale of any endangered species of fish or wildlife, or hides or other parts thereof, or the sale or possession with intent to sell any article made in…
Endangered Species - Statement of Policy - Delaware
(Protected Species)
The General Assembly finds and declares: (1) It is in the best interest of the State to preserve and enhance the diversity and abundance of nongame fish and wildlife, and to protect the habitat and natural areas...
Free Fishing - Delaware
(Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping)
The Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control may designate up to 2 days within National Fishing Week, which may or may not be consecutive, during each calendar year as "free sport fishing days."
Invertebrates - Included in Definitions - Delaware
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(4) "Protected wildlife" means all forms of game and wildlife except such as are not protected by Parts I and II of this title.
Invertebrates - Included in Definitions? - Delaware
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(4) "Protected wildlife" means all forms of game and wildlife except such as are not protected by Parts I and II of this title...
Jurisdiction for Swine - Definition - Delaware
(Invasive Species)
When used in this chapter: (7) “Livestock” means any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, whether live or dead.;
Public Ownership - Wildlife and Land - Delaware
(Public Trust and Agencies)
(2) Rare and endangered species are a public trust in need of active, protective management, and that it is in the broad public interest to preserve and enhance such species.
Public Ownership - Wildlife Compact - Delaware
(Public Trust and Agencies)
(1) The Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact is an interstate agreement between member states to enhance the compliance with the hunting, fishing, and other wildlife laws of member states, and provides for the fair and impartial treatment of wildlife…
Reptiles & Amphibians - Authority/Jurisdiction - Delaware
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The Department of Agriculture shall enforce this chapter and may issue a permit where the possession or exhibition of a live wild mammal or hybrid of a wild mammal or live reptile will be in the public interest, and may promulgate rules and…
Reptiles & Amphibians - Definition - Delaware
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The following shall be considered game animals: Mink, snapping turtle, raccoon, opossum, gray squirrel, otter, muskrat, red fox, hare, rabbit, frog, deer and beaver. The Bryant fox-squirrel, otherwise known as the “sciurus niger branti,” shall be…
Reptiles & Amphibians - Enforcement and Penalties - Delaware
(Protected Species)
Whoever violates this chapter shall for each offense be fined not more than $500, imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both. Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction over offenses under this chapter...
Reptiles & Amphibians - Prohibited Actions and Protections - Delaware
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No person shall bring into this State, possess, sell or exhibit any live wild mammal or hybrid of a wild mammal or live reptile not native to or generally found in Delaware without first securing a permit under this chapter...
Search and Seizure - Creatures Illegally Possessed - Delaware
(Law Enforcement)
3.1.3 Seizure of Shellfish: Shellfish which are determined to be adulterated, or which cannot be identified as to source or place or origin, shall be seized, confiscated, and destroyed by DNREC. DNREC shall possess the authority to seize, confiscate,…
Search and Seizure - Inspection - Delaware
(Law Enforcement)
(a) It is the intent of this chapter to prevent both the manufacture and the sale within this State of any of the articles enumerated in § 2105 of this title, except in conformity to and in compliance with this chapter. Inasmuch, however, as some of…
Search and Seizure - Inspection - Delaware
(Law Enforcement)
(a) Any employee, authorized by the Department, at a reasonable time may board any boat, inspect equipment, materials or shellfish, or lands associated with or used in the taking or cultivation of shellfish.
Search and Seizure - Special Officers - Delaware
(Law Enforcement)
Any officer or agent authorized by the Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control or any officer or agent authorized by the Director of the Division of Fish and Wildlife, or any police officer of the State, or any…
Search and Seizure - Special Officers - Delaware
(Law Enforcement)
The Secretary and the Fish and Wildlife Agents may search and examine without warrant any person, conveyance, vehicle, game bag, game coat or other receptacle for protected wildlife, and in the presence of an occupant of any camp or tent, may search…
Wildlife Diseases - Authority & Jurisdiction - Delaware
(Wildlife Disease and Rehab)
The Department of Agriculture is empowered to condemn and destroy any exotic avian species which is infected with a contagious or infectious disease capable of affecting poultry or has been exposed to such disease, whenever such destruction is deemed…