DNREC Mosquito Control Section’s spraying season begins with larviciding wooded wetlands
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Weather-permitting, DNREC’s Mosquito Control Section within the Division of Fish & Wildlife will begin its annual spring woodland pool spraying campaign Thursday, March 23 downstate and possibly Friday, March 24 upstate, treating wooded wetlands near select populated areas in New Castle, Kent and Sussex counties.
Delaware Office of Boating Safety and Education encourages boaters to ‘Spring Aboard’ by taking a boating safety course
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, March 17, 2017
DOVER – The Delaware Office of Boating Safety and Education within DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife joins the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) to encourage boaters to “Spring Aboard,” a March 19-25 nationwide campaign to prepare for boating season by enrolling in a boating safety course.
Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: March 6-12
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, March 17, 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 March 6-12 made 1,000 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public, including 15 vessel boardings for boating safety, hunting and fishing regulation compliance checks, issuing 16 citations.
DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife unveils interactive shellfish aquaculture map for the Inland Bays
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, March 16, 2017
The Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife’s shellfish aquaculture program has posted an interactive online map that provides site-specific information helpful for selecting shellfish aquaculture lease locations in the Inland Bays.
Delaware’s recreational summer flounder size limit to increase to 17 inches effective April 1
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Effective April 1, Delaware’s recreational minimum size limit for summer flounder will increase to 17 inches. DNREC Secretary David S. Small signed an Emergency Secretary’s Order to increase Delaware’s minimum size limit regulation by one inch to remain compliant with an addendum to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP).
