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Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: July 2-8

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers made 3,940 contacts with anglers, boaters, and the general public between July 2-8, issuing 83 citations.



DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife’s Artificial Reef Program benefits from rock removed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during deepening of Delaware River’s navigation channel

DOVER – When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers struck rock bottom during deepening of the Delaware River navigational channel, the state’s artificial reef program under the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Fish & Wildlife struck a new partnership with the Corps of Engineers for creating new fish habitat. Since last December, DNREC’s Fisheries Section and the Corps have partnered on a beneficial reuse project for converting nearly a million tons of rock removed from the river bottom into enhanced habitat for marine life on two artificial reef sites in the lower Delaware Bay – and at no cost to the state.



Boat ramp and parking lot at Holts Landing State Park will be closed July 9 and 10 by DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation for final phase of construction upgrades

MILLSVILLE – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will close the boat ramp and adjacent parking lot at Holts Landing State Park Monday, July 9, and Tuesday, July 10, while paving is completed on the parking lot upgrade that will add 36 new boat trailer parking spaces at the ramp. This is the final phase of an ongoing construction project at Holts Landing State Park begun earlier this year. The boat ramp at Holts Landing is scheduled to be closed only on the dates listed above, and will reopen Wednesday, July 11, weather permitting.



North and south entrances to Augustine Boat Ramp to be repaired and repaved beginning July 9

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today that a project to repair and repave the north and south entrances to the Augustine Boat Ramp south of Port Penn will begin next week.



DNREC Secretary Garvin signs Emergency Order making changes in minimum size, limits and season dates for tautog

DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin today signed an Emergency Order making changes in Delaware’s tautog fishing regulations that go into effect July 1.






 Pages Tagged With: "ocean and coasts"

Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: July 2-8

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers made 3,940 contacts with anglers, boaters, and the general public between July 2-8, issuing 83 citations.



DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife’s Artificial Reef Program benefits from rock removed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during deepening of Delaware River’s navigation channel

DOVER – When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers struck rock bottom during deepening of the Delaware River navigational channel, the state’s artificial reef program under the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Fish & Wildlife struck a new partnership with the Corps of Engineers for creating new fish habitat. Since last December, DNREC’s Fisheries Section and the Corps have partnered on a beneficial reuse project for converting nearly a million tons of rock removed from the river bottom into enhanced habitat for marine life on two artificial reef sites in the lower Delaware Bay – and at no cost to the state.



Boat ramp and parking lot at Holts Landing State Park will be closed July 9 and 10 by DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation for final phase of construction upgrades

MILLSVILLE – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will close the boat ramp and adjacent parking lot at Holts Landing State Park Monday, July 9, and Tuesday, July 10, while paving is completed on the parking lot upgrade that will add 36 new boat trailer parking spaces at the ramp. This is the final phase of an ongoing construction project at Holts Landing State Park begun earlier this year. The boat ramp at Holts Landing is scheduled to be closed only on the dates listed above, and will reopen Wednesday, July 11, weather permitting.



North and south entrances to Augustine Boat Ramp to be repaired and repaved beginning July 9

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today that a project to repair and repave the north and south entrances to the Augustine Boat Ramp south of Port Penn will begin next week.



DNREC Secretary Garvin signs Emergency Order making changes in minimum size, limits and season dates for tautog

DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin today signed an Emergency Order making changes in Delaware’s tautog fishing regulations that go into effect July 1.