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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to hold public hearing July 6 on interstate fishery management plan for Atlantic menhaden

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 5, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife will host an Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission public hearing on a draft addendum to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden at 6 p.m., Wednesday, July 6, in the DNREC Auditorium, in Dover.




Grand prize winner and youth finalists announced for DNREC’s 2016 rain barrel art contests

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 5, 2016

The winners in the Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Rain Barrel Painting Contest have been announced, and are now on display at the Delaware Agricultural Museum.




Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: June 20-26

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, July 1, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers made 1,696 contacts with anglers, boaters and the general public between June 20 and 26.




Restoration of Junction & Breakwater Trail begins July 11, with temporary closure of some trail segments

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Friday, July 1, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today that portions of the Junction & Breakwater Trail, originally constructed in 2003, will undergo repairs and renovation beginning July 11.




New Delaware record 20.5-pound false albacore taken in Masseys Canyon by Pennsylvania angler

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Friday, July 1, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife has confirmed a new state record in the Delaware Sport Fishing Tournament – a false albacore caught June 29 by a Pennsylvania angler from the fishing boat Get Bent in Masseys Canyon, about 35 miles offshore from Indian River Inlet in the Atlantic Ocean.







  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to hold public hearing July 6 on interstate fishery management plan for Atlantic menhaden

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 5, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife will host an Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission public hearing on a draft addendum to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden at 6 p.m., Wednesday, July 6, in the DNREC Auditorium, in Dover.




Grand prize winner and youth finalists announced for DNREC’s 2016 rain barrel art contests

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 5, 2016

The winners in the Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Rain Barrel Painting Contest have been announced, and are now on display at the Delaware Agricultural Museum.




Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: June 20-26

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, July 1, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers made 1,696 contacts with anglers, boaters and the general public between June 20 and 26.




Restoration of Junction & Breakwater Trail begins July 11, with temporary closure of some trail segments

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Friday, July 1, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today that portions of the Junction & Breakwater Trail, originally constructed in 2003, will undergo repairs and renovation beginning July 11.




New Delaware record 20.5-pound false albacore taken in Masseys Canyon by Pennsylvania angler

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Friday, July 1, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife has confirmed a new state record in the Delaware Sport Fishing Tournament – a false albacore caught June 29 by a Pennsylvania angler from the fishing boat Get Bent in Masseys Canyon, about 35 miles offshore from Indian River Inlet in the Atlantic Ocean.