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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


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.



Governor Carney’s Statement on Senate Confirmation of Shawn Garvin

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Governor John Carney | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 15, 2017

“Thank you to the members of the Delaware Senate for confirming Shawn Garvin to Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. We need to continue to protect Delaware from the threats of climate change, to work with our farmers to help them operate in more environmentally friendly ways, and to invest outside, […]



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).



DNREC offers new flood planning tool for determining risk for home and business development projects

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 15, 2017

DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Shoreline & Waterway Management Section now offers an interactive Flood Planning Tool with up-to-date information for helping to determine flood risk for homes and businesses and for designing development projects in accordance with floodplain codes.






  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

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.



Governor Carney’s Statement on Senate Confirmation of Shawn Garvin

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Governor John Carney | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 15, 2017

“Thank you to the members of the Delaware Senate for confirming Shawn Garvin to Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. We need to continue to protect Delaware from the threats of climate change, to work with our farmers to help them operate in more environmentally friendly ways, and to invest outside, […]



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).



DNREC offers new flood planning tool for determining risk for home and business development projects

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 15, 2017

DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Shoreline & Waterway Management Section now offers an interactive Flood Planning Tool with up-to-date information for helping to determine flood risk for homes and businesses and for designing development projects in accordance with floodplain codes.