News - Delaware-Offshore-Fishing.Com http://www.delaware-offshore-fishing.com/ Fri, 18 May 2012 12:21:13 -0500 FeedCreator 1.8.0-nukeFEED (http://nukeSEO.com) Summer Flounder http://www.delaware-offshore-fishing.com/article10.html Summer flounder regulations remain in effect (February 10)
Summer flounder regualtions for the upcoming fishing season will remain the same as the 2011 regulations. The minimum size will be 18 inches, with a creel limit of four fish, and the season will be closed from October 24 - December 31.

]]> no_email@example.com (whatever) http://www.delaware-offshore-fishing.com/article10.html The Radford http://www.delaware-offshore-fishing.com/article9.html Ex-Destroyer "Radford" sunk on Del-Jersey-Land reef site (August 10)
DOVER – Culminating the country’s first multi-state artificial reefing effort, the U.S. Navy destroyer ex-USS Arthur W. Radford was sunk today in 135 feet of water off the Indian River Inlet. The decommissioned warship’s carefully-staged sinking was witnessed by former crew members and state and federal officials aboard the Cape May-Lewes ferry M/V Delaware, chartered for observing the Radford as she descended at approximately 3:30 p.m. to her final resting place as an artificial reef. The press release can be viewed at the following link.

]]> no_email@example.com (whatever) http://www.delaware-offshore-fishing.com/article9.html TAUTOG & RIVER HEARRING REGULATION AMENDED http://www.delaware-offshore-fishing.com/article8.html Amended regulations announced for tautog, river herring

DOVER (Feb. 6, 2012) – Final amended regulations for tautog and river herring have been published and will become effective on Saturday, Feb. 11, the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife announced today.

The changes are as follows:

The minimum size limit for tautog is 16 inches all year.

· Tautog Open Seasons and Limits:

Jan. 1 – March 31: 5 fish limit

April 1 – May 11: 3 fish limit

July 17 – Aug. 31: 5 fish limit

Sept. 29 – Dec. 31: 5 fish limit

· Tautog Season Closed: May 12 – July 16 and Sept. 1 – 28

· River herring (blueback and alewife herring) is closed to harvest in Delaware, and it is unlawful to possess river herring without a valid receipt or bill of sale from a state or jurisdiction where harvest is lawful.

These regulation changes were made in order to bring Delaware into compliance with Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission requirements. Due to recent lower tautog population numbers, the ASMFC required member states to reduce their tautog harvest quotas. With river herring, ASMFC responded to serious population declines by closing the fishery, unless a member state could prove that a given river herring run could withstand harvest. Delaware’s river herring runs are weak, so closure of the fishery was required. Delaware’s state regulations on tautog and river herring were amended following public hearings and consideration of public input.

 

The amended regulations on tautog and river herring can be viewed by clicking these links.

 

For more information on fishing in Delaware, please visit www.dnrec.delaware.gov/fw/Fisheries/ .

 

 

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