Title 7 Natural Resources and Environmental Control
3700 Shellfish
3000 Division of Fish and Wildlife
3700 Shellfish
3725 Hard Clams
3726 Hard Clams - Season And Limits For Commercial Clam Tong/rake License
(Penalty Section 7 Del.C. §1912)
1.0 It shall be lawful for any person who has a valid Commercial Clam Tong/Rake License to harvest hard clams during permitted times on any date except Sunday.
(Exception- 7 Del.C. 1904 has been amended so that clams may not be taken on Sundays between and including Memorial Day and Labor Day.)
2.0 It shall be unlawful for any person who has a valid Commercial Clam Tong/Rake License to harvest on any one (1) day or possess at any time more than two thousand five hundred (2,500) hard clams unless said person has a valid receipt for clams in excess of two thousand five hundred (2,500).
3727 Hard Clams - Season And Limits For Commercial Dredge Clam License
(Penalty Section 7 Del.C. §1912)
1.0 It shall be lawful for any person who has a valid Commercial Dredge Clam License to take clams from shellfish grounds, as permitted by law, at permitted times on any date except Sunday.
(Exception- 7 Del.C. 1904 has been amended so that clams may not be taken on Sundays between and including Memorial Day and Labor Day.)
2.0 It shall be lawful for any person who has a valid Commercial Dredge Clam License to harvest any number of hard clams.
3728 Hard Clams - Method Of Take, Season And Limits For Non-commercial Clamming Permit
(Penalty Section 7 Del.C. §1912)
1.0 It shall be unlawful for any person who has a valid Non-Commercial Clamming Permit to attempt to take, catch kill or reduce to possession any hard clams with any device other than a hand-held rake with a head no wider than fourteen (14) inches measured perpendicular to the tines and a straight handle not in excess of seven (7) feet in length.
2.0 It shall be unlawful for any person who has a valid Non-Commercial Clamming Permit to harvest hard clams during the period between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise next ensuing.
3.0 It shall be unlawful for any person who has a valid Non-Commercial Clamming Permit to harvest in any one (1) day or possess at any time more than five hundred (500) hard clams unless said person has a valid receipt for clams in excess of five hundred (500).
4.0 It shall be lawful for any person who has a valid Non-Commercial Clamming Permit to harvest hard clams on any date during the time period permitted.
3729 Hard Clams - Methods Of Take, Season And Limits For Recreational Clamming
(Penalty Section 7 Del.C. §1912)
1.0 It shall be unlawful for any person to attempt to take, catch, kill or reduce to possession any hard clams with a device other than a hand-held rake with a head no wider than fourteen (14) inches measured perpendicular to the tines and a straight handle not in excess of seven (7) feet in length.
2.0 It shall be unlawful for any person to harvest hard clams during the period between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise next ensuing.
3.0 It shall be unlawful for any person who is a resident of this State to harvest in any one (1) day or possess at any time more than one hundred (100) clams unless otherwise permitted to do so by license or permit or said person has a valid receipt for all clams in excess of one hundred (100).
4.0 It shall be unlawful for any person who is a non-resident of this State to harvest in any one (1) day or possess at any time more than fifty (50) hard clams unless otherwise permitted to do so by license or permit or said person has a valid receipt for all clams in excess of fifty (50).
5.0 It shall be lawful for any person to harvest hard clams on any date during the time period permitted.
