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  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife


Registration open to hunters for mandatory wild turkey hunting courses

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2020

DOVER – With Delaware’s annual spring wild turkey hunting season approaching, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife Hunter Education Program reminds both resident and non-resident hunters age 13 and older that they must pass a Division-Approved turkey hunting course before they can legally hunt turkeys in the First State. Also, hunters age 13 and older born after Jan. 1, 1967, must have completed an approved basic hunter education safety course and have a course card/number. These hunter education requirements have collectively helped Delaware turkey hunters achieve an excellent hunting safety record.



Joint Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission-Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council hearings in Dover Feb. 19

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2020

DOVER – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife will host joint Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC)/Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) public fisheries scoping hearings on Wednesday, Feb. 19 in DNREC’s Auditorium, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901. A Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Commercial/Recreational Allocation Amendment hearing will begin at 6 p.m., followed by a Bluefish Allocation and Rebuilding Amendment hearing at 7 p.m. The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Commercial/Recreational Allocation Amendment will consider potential modifications to commercial and recreational catch allocations for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass in consideration of updated recreational and commercial fishing catch estimates.



Delaware Native Species Commission to meet Feb. 19 in Dover

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, February 14, 2020

Delaware’s Native Species Commission will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, in Room 220 at the Kent County Administrative Building, 555 Bay Road, Dover, DE 19901.



DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Feb. 3-9

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, February 14, 2020

To help achieve public compliance with laws and regulations, officers from Feb. 3-9 made 869 public contacts and responded to 22 complaints.



DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife reminds hunters to remove temporary deer stands from state wildlife areas

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Hunters are reminded to remove their portable deer stands from state wildlife areas by Saturday, Feb. 15.






  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife

Registration open to hunters for mandatory wild turkey hunting courses

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2020

DOVER – With Delaware’s annual spring wild turkey hunting season approaching, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife Hunter Education Program reminds both resident and non-resident hunters age 13 and older that they must pass a Division-Approved turkey hunting course before they can legally hunt turkeys in the First State. Also, hunters age 13 and older born after Jan. 1, 1967, must have completed an approved basic hunter education safety course and have a course card/number. These hunter education requirements have collectively helped Delaware turkey hunters achieve an excellent hunting safety record.



Joint Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission-Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council hearings in Dover Feb. 19

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2020

DOVER – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife will host joint Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC)/Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) public fisheries scoping hearings on Wednesday, Feb. 19 in DNREC’s Auditorium, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901. A Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Commercial/Recreational Allocation Amendment hearing will begin at 6 p.m., followed by a Bluefish Allocation and Rebuilding Amendment hearing at 7 p.m. The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Commercial/Recreational Allocation Amendment will consider potential modifications to commercial and recreational catch allocations for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass in consideration of updated recreational and commercial fishing catch estimates.



Delaware Native Species Commission to meet Feb. 19 in Dover

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, February 14, 2020

Delaware’s Native Species Commission will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, in Room 220 at the Kent County Administrative Building, 555 Bay Road, Dover, DE 19901.



DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Feb. 3-9

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, February 14, 2020

To help achieve public compliance with laws and regulations, officers from Feb. 3-9 made 869 public contacts and responded to 22 complaints.



DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife reminds hunters to remove temporary deer stands from state wildlife areas

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Hunters are reminded to remove their portable deer stands from state wildlife areas by Saturday, Feb. 15.