Title 7 Natural Resources and Environmental Control
3500 Tidal Finfish
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Division of Fish and Wildlife
3500 Tidal Finfish
Invasive Finfish
3545 Invasive Finfish
(Penalty Section 7 Del.C. 936(b)(2))
1.0 Definitions
For the purpose of Tidal Finfish Regulation 3545, the following words and phrases shall have the following meaning ascribed to them, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
“Bow and arrow” means an instrument with one or more pointed barbed or barbless prongs or blades affixed to a straight shaft and propelled by a stringed mechanical device.
“Director” means the Director of the Division of Fish and Wildlife.
“Invasive finfish” means any species of the family Channidae, including but not limited to the northern snakehead (Channa argus) and blotched snakehead (C. maculata); blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus); flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris); walking catfish (Clarias batrachus); and grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella).
2.0 Transportation, Possession and Sale
It is unlawful to transport, purchase, possess, or sell a live invasive finfish without the written permission of the Director.
3.0 Stocking
It is unlawful to stock any invasive finfish, including the eggs thereof or other biological material, capable of spread, reproduction or propagation, into the tidal waters of this state without the written permission of the Director.
4.0 Equipment and Methods Used for Invasive Species Fishing
4.1 It is lawful for a person to take invasive finfish with any fishing equipment or method for which they are licensed, permitted or lawfully exempt.
4.2 It is lawful for a licensed, permitted or lawfully exempt recreational angler to take invasive finfish in Delaware’s tidal waters with a bow and arrow.
17 DE Reg. 7 (07-01-13)
