Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker

Delaware News


  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife


DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife seeking great shots of Delaware hunters for 2016/17 photo contest

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2016

With many of Delaware’s hunting seasons already open or opening soon, plan on pointing your camera afield in the months ahead and perhaps catching a hunter in a duck blind or deer stand or otherwise pursuing their favorite game animal or bird. DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife invites you to enter your hunting photographs in the 2016/17 Delaware Hunting Photo Contest.



DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Sept. 12-18

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, September 23, 2016

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 Sept. 12-18 made 1,349 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public, including 78 vessel boardings for boating safety and fishing regulation compliance checks. Officers responded to 38 complaints and issued 20 citations.



DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announces Sunday deer hunting opportunities on public and private lands

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, September 22, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today five upcoming Sunday deer hunting opportunities for the 2016/2017 hunting season, based on a recent change in state law that allows Sunday deer hunting in Delaware. The new law allows only for hunting deer on Sunday, no other game, with deer hunting to be allowed on selected public lands and on private lands requiring landowner permission.



UPDATE: Victim identified from Saturday’s fatal boating accident in Sussex County

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Monday, September 19, 2016

The victim in Saturday’s fatal boating accident in Sussex County has been identified as Gerry Aster, 78, of Phoenix, Ariz.



DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police investigating fatal boating accident in Sussex County

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Saturday, September 17, 2016

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers are investigating a boating accident that occurred midday Saturday at the entrance to the Pot Nets Bayside community in the Indian River Bay.






  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife seeking great shots of Delaware hunters for 2016/17 photo contest

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2016

With many of Delaware’s hunting seasons already open or opening soon, plan on pointing your camera afield in the months ahead and perhaps catching a hunter in a duck blind or deer stand or otherwise pursuing their favorite game animal or bird. DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife invites you to enter your hunting photographs in the 2016/17 Delaware Hunting Photo Contest.



DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Sept. 12-18

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, September 23, 2016

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 Sept. 12-18 made 1,349 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public, including 78 vessel boardings for boating safety and fishing regulation compliance checks. Officers responded to 38 complaints and issued 20 citations.



DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announces Sunday deer hunting opportunities on public and private lands

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, September 22, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today five upcoming Sunday deer hunting opportunities for the 2016/2017 hunting season, based on a recent change in state law that allows Sunday deer hunting in Delaware. The new law allows only for hunting deer on Sunday, no other game, with deer hunting to be allowed on selected public lands and on private lands requiring landowner permission.



UPDATE: Victim identified from Saturday’s fatal boating accident in Sussex County

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Monday, September 19, 2016

The victim in Saturday’s fatal boating accident in Sussex County has been identified as Gerry Aster, 78, of Phoenix, Ariz.



DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police investigating fatal boating accident in Sussex County

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Saturday, September 17, 2016

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers are investigating a boating accident that occurred midday Saturday at the entrance to the Pot Nets Bayside community in the Indian River Bay.