2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 30 - FISH
Chapter 73 - Shad Fishing in Delaware River and Bay
Section 7306 - License required for catching shad with nets

     § 7306.  License required for catching shad with nets.
        (a)  General rule.--The commission shall, by a special shad
     license, permit the use in the waters of the Delaware River and
     Bay and their tributaries within this Commonwealth of the nets
     specified in section 7304 (relating to permitted nets and
     devices) for the taking of shad. No person shall use any net to
     take shad in these waters without first procuring a shad license
     from the commission.
        (b)  Duration and renewal.--All shad licenses shall be issued
     annually for the duration of a fishing season beginning on March
     1 and expiring on June 10 and shall be renewable annually for
     the same period except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
        (c)  License to list gear and location.--All shad licenses
     shall list specifically the number and type of units of gear or
     the length of gear authorized and the area in which they are
     licensed to operate if the operations authorized are limited as
     to area.