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  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife


January presents deer hunters with a variety of hunting opportunities and options to close out the 2016/17 season

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, January 6, 2017

Deer hunters going afield in the home stretch of Delaware’s 2016/17 hunting season have a variety of hunting opportunities and options this month.



Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to hold Jan. 17 public hearing in Dover on recreational summer flounder harvest reduction options

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, January 6, 2017

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) will hold a public hearing on a proposed addendum to the interstate fishery management plan (FMP) for summer flounder at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 in DNREC’s Auditorium in the Richardson & Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901.



Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Dec. 26-Jan. 1

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, January 6, 2017

To achieve public compliance through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware’s fish and wildlife resources and ensure safe boating and public safety, Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers between Dec. 26-Jan. 1 made 676 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public, including 22 vessel boardings for boating safety, hunting and fishing regulation compliance checks, issuing 16 citations.



Division of Fish & Wildlife’s 2017 calendar on sale while supplies last

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, January 5, 2017

Copies of the 2017 Division of Fish & Wildlife calendar are still available for purchase while supplies last, so get yours now to enjoy the colorful calendar for the entire year.



New waterway management fund from boat registration fee increases enables DNREC to take on additional responsibilities for dredging, channel marking, other waterway maintenance

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, January 5, 2017

DOVER – Delaware boat registration fee increases that went into effect Jan. 1 will account for all revenue going into a new waterway management fund that enables DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Shoreline & Waterway Management Section to take better care of the state’s coastal waterways. In the wake of lost federal funding, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers no longer dredges navigational channels while U.S. Coast Guard can no longer adequately mark federally-authorized waterways – with both responsibilities now taken on by DNREC.






  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife

January presents deer hunters with a variety of hunting opportunities and options to close out the 2016/17 season

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, January 6, 2017

Deer hunters going afield in the home stretch of Delaware’s 2016/17 hunting season have a variety of hunting opportunities and options this month.



Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to hold Jan. 17 public hearing in Dover on recreational summer flounder harvest reduction options

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, January 6, 2017

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) will hold a public hearing on a proposed addendum to the interstate fishery management plan (FMP) for summer flounder at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 in DNREC’s Auditorium in the Richardson & Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901.



Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Dec. 26-Jan. 1

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, January 6, 2017

To achieve public compliance through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware’s fish and wildlife resources and ensure safe boating and public safety, Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers between Dec. 26-Jan. 1 made 676 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public, including 22 vessel boardings for boating safety, hunting and fishing regulation compliance checks, issuing 16 citations.



Division of Fish & Wildlife’s 2017 calendar on sale while supplies last

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, January 5, 2017

Copies of the 2017 Division of Fish & Wildlife calendar are still available for purchase while supplies last, so get yours now to enjoy the colorful calendar for the entire year.



New waterway management fund from boat registration fee increases enables DNREC to take on additional responsibilities for dredging, channel marking, other waterway maintenance

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, January 5, 2017

DOVER – Delaware boat registration fee increases that went into effect Jan. 1 will account for all revenue going into a new waterway management fund that enables DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Shoreline & Waterway Management Section to take better care of the state’s coastal waterways. In the wake of lost federal funding, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers no longer dredges navigational channels while U.S. Coast Guard can no longer adequately mark federally-authorized waterways – with both responsibilities now taken on by DNREC.