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February 27, 2006
Volume 36, Number 45
Division of Fish and Wildlife

Contact: Richard Cole , Fisheries, phone: (302)739-9914
or Joanna Wilson, Public Affairs, phone: (302)739-9902 , e-mail: joanna.wilson@state.de.us 

DNREC to Hold Public Hearing on Tidal Finfish Regulations March 9

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 9, 2006 regarding proposed amendments to the Tidal Finfish Regulations concerning summer flounder and black sea bass. The hearing will be held in DNREC’s auditorium, Richardson and Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, Delaware.

According to Fisheries Section Program Manager Richard Cole, Delaware can maintain the same management measures used in 2005 or liberalize measures for the 2006 recreational summer flounder fishery since the harvest cap was not exceeded in 2005. There are six approved management options to be presented for public review, including the bag limit and minimum size:

Option 1 (status quo) – minimum size 17.5 inches, bag limit 4, no closed season
Option 2 – minimum size 17 inches, bag limit 4, no closed season
Option 3 – minimum size 17 inches, bag limit 5, no closed season
Option 4 – minimum size 17 inches, bag limit 6, no closed season
Option 5 – minimum size 16.5 inches, bag limit 3, no closed season
Option 6 – minimum size 16.5 inches, bag limit 4, no closed season

Also proposed is an amendment to Tidal Finfish Regulation No. 3507 that would adopt an Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission compliance requirement that all states include language in their regulations that clarify how to measure black sea bass for minimum size determinations, excluding any caudal filament (a fin extension found in the adult male black sea bass) as part of the total length.

Individuals may present opinions and evidence by writing the Fisheries Section, Division of Fish and Wildlife, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901, or by email to richard.cole@state.de.us. The record will remain open for written or email comments until 4:30 p.m., March 10, 2006.

For more information, please contact the Fisheries Section at 302-739-4782.

 

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