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  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife


Stretch of beach at Gordons Pond in Cape Henlopen State Park will close starting Monday, June 13 to safeguard first nest of piping plovers found there this season

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2016

A half-mile stretch of beach between the Observation Towers and the Herring Point dune crossover will be closed to the public beginning Monday, June 13, to protect the first piping plover nest of the season at Cape Henlopen State Park’s Gordons Pond.



Public asked to report sick or dead wild birds to DNREC’s Mosquito Control Section for 2016 West Nile virus monitoring

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, June 10, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife Mosquito Control Section is again asking for the public’s help in monitoring West Nile virus in Delaware by reporting the discovery of sick or dead wild birds that may have contracted the virus.



Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: May 30-June 5

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, June 10, 2016

Natural Resources Police officers made 2,677 contacts with anglers, boaters and the general public between May 30-June 5, including 112 vessel boardings for boating safety and fishing regulation compliance checks.



Commercial waterman faces charges for fishing violations including possession of numerous undersized conch

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, June 9, 2016

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police arrested a commercial waterman June 3 for nearly 300 fishing violations, most of them for illegal take of knobbed conch after boarding his vessel for a no-wake violation near the Lewes Public Boat Ramp on May 31.



DNREC, DHSS issue new fish consumption advisories reflecting significant improvements in New Castle County

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Updated consumption advisories for fish caught in Delaware waterways show some of the most significant improvements in fish tissue contaminant concentrations since the state began assessing contaminants in fish in 1986, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) and the Department of Health and Social Services’ Division of Public Health (DHSS/DPH) announced today.






  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife

Stretch of beach at Gordons Pond in Cape Henlopen State Park will close starting Monday, June 13 to safeguard first nest of piping plovers found there this season

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2016

A half-mile stretch of beach between the Observation Towers and the Herring Point dune crossover will be closed to the public beginning Monday, June 13, to protect the first piping plover nest of the season at Cape Henlopen State Park’s Gordons Pond.



Public asked to report sick or dead wild birds to DNREC’s Mosquito Control Section for 2016 West Nile virus monitoring

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, June 10, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife Mosquito Control Section is again asking for the public’s help in monitoring West Nile virus in Delaware by reporting the discovery of sick or dead wild birds that may have contracted the virus.



Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: May 30-June 5

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, June 10, 2016

Natural Resources Police officers made 2,677 contacts with anglers, boaters and the general public between May 30-June 5, including 112 vessel boardings for boating safety and fishing regulation compliance checks.



Commercial waterman faces charges for fishing violations including possession of numerous undersized conch

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, June 9, 2016

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police arrested a commercial waterman June 3 for nearly 300 fishing violations, most of them for illegal take of knobbed conch after boarding his vessel for a no-wake violation near the Lewes Public Boat Ramp on May 31.



DNREC, DHSS issue new fish consumption advisories reflecting significant improvements in New Castle County

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Updated consumption advisories for fish caught in Delaware waterways show some of the most significant improvements in fish tissue contaminant concentrations since the state began assessing contaminants in fish in 1986, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) and the Department of Health and Social Services’ Division of Public Health (DHSS/DPH) announced today.