2018 Delaware Code
Title 7 - Conservation
CHAPTER 9. FINFISHING IN TIDAL WATERS
§ 926. Extracting oil or making fertilizer from food and game fish; penalty.

Universal Citation: 7 DE Code § 926 (2018)

(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 guilty of a class B environmental misdemeanor.

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; 79 Del. Laws, c. 421, § 4.

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