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Delaware Code Title 7. Conservation § 929. Size limits on finfish;  exceptions

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Text of section effective subject to the provisions of 64 Laws 1984, ch. 251, § 4.>

(a) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or by regulation promulgated by the Department or permit issued by the Division subsequent to April 27, 1984, no person shall possess any finfish listed in this section or any regulations promulgated by the Department that measure less than the dimensions set forth in this section or any regulation promulgated by the Department, unless said finfish is the legal product of artificial propagation and aquaculture authorized under permit issued by the Division.  The dimensions of said finfish shall be the total measured from the tip of its snout to the furthest tip of its tail.

(b) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or by regulation promulgated by the Department or permit issued by the Division subsequent to April 27, 1984, no person shall possess any finfish in the State unless said finfish has at least the following dimensions:

(1) Striped bass (Morone saxatilis) taken from or caught in Delaware's internal waters shall have a minimum length of 14 inches;

(2) Striped bass taken from or caught in Delaware's territorial sea shall have a minimum length of 24 inches;

(3) Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis):  The minimum length of a weakfish shall be 10 inches;

(4) Atlantic croaker (Micropogan undulatus):  The minimum length of an Atlantic croaker shall be 8 inches;

(5) Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus):  The minimum length of an Atlantic sturgeon shall be 54 inches;

(6) Summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus):  The minimum length of a summer flounder shall be 12 inches;

(7) Tautog (Tautoga onitis):  The minimum length of a tautog shall be 12 inches;  and

(8) White perch (Marone americana):  The minimum length of white perch shall be 8 inches.

(c) Any person, who comes into possession by purchasing, trading or bartering for, any finfish measuring less than the dimensions set forth in this section or the dimensions set forth in any regulation promulgated by the Department, shall immediately report the possession of said finfish to the Department and then dispose of said finfish in a manner directed by the Department provided that none may be sold, traded or bartered.

(d) Repealed.

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