2014 Delaware Code
Title 7 - Conservation
CHAPTER 9. FINFISHING IN TIDAL WATERS
§ 926. Extracting oil or making fertilizer from food and game fish; penalty

(a) No person shall have in his or her possession and/or bring into this State any finfish, other than menhaden, legally taken in this State or other waters, for the purpose of extracting oil therefrom, and/or for the purpose of converting such finfish into fertilizer. The parts of a processed legally taken finfish not to be used for human consumption, including the entrails, bones, fins and other waste parts thereof, may be further reduced or rendered for use as fertilizer and/or animal feed products.

(b) Any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, plus the payment of costs, and for any subsequent violation of this section the person shall be fined $2,500, plus payment of costs.

Code 1915, § 2520; 28 Del. Laws, c. 203; Code 1935, § 3008; 7 Del. C. 1953, § 914; 64 Del. Laws, c. 251, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.;