2014 Delaware Code
Title 7 - Conservation
CHAPTER 9. FINFISHING IN TIDAL WATERS
§ 928. Interstate transfer of finfish

(a) No person who catches food fish outside the jurisdictional boundaries of the State shall land and/or transfer said food fish from said person's vessel to a shore or any facility located in the State for the purpose of transporting, selling, packing and/or processing said food fish, except for taxidermy purposes, unless said person has been issued by the Department a valid commercial food fishing license in accordance with § 913 and § 914 of this title.

(b) Any person who catches food fish outside the jurisdictional boundaries of the State and then has said food fish transported into this State by means other than by a vessel for the purpose of transporting, selling, packing and/or processing said food fish shall not be required to acquire a commercial food fishing license from the Department.

64 Del. Laws, c. 251, § 1.;

§ 928A Trade in shark fins; penalty.

(a) For the purpose of this section:

(1) "Shark" shall mean any species of the subclass Elasmbranchii, exclusive of the Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) and Smooth dogfish (Mustelus canis); and

(2) "Shark fin" shall mean the raw, dried or otherwise processed detached fin, or the raw, dried or otherwise processed detached tail, of a shark.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall possess, sell, offer for sale, trade or distribute a shark fin.

(c) Any person who holds a license and permit issued by the Department to take or land sharks for commercial purposes may possess or distribute, but not sell within Delaware, a shark fin taken or landed by that person pursuant to, and consistent with, the terms of that license or permit.

(d) Any person holding a license issued by the Department, or those persons exempt from licensing requirements concerning taking or landing sharks for recreational purposes, may possess a shark fin taken or landed by that person for personal use.

(e) The Department may issue scientific permits pursuant to § 911 of this title permitting possession of a shark fin for bona fide scientific research purposes.

(f) Any shark fin seized by the Department through the enforcement of this section shall upon forfeiture be destroyed by the Department, and not sold.

(g) Changes, deletions, or additions relative to new fisheries subject to this section may be devised and enacted by the General Assembly or by the Department regulatory process.

(h) Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a class B environmental misdemeanor for each offense.

79 Del. Laws, c. 22, § 1.;