UPDATED: Virtual Public Hearing for DNREC Proposed Standalone Total Fish Length Regulation – Wednesday, March 25

UPDATED – 03/24/26 – DNREC’s Division of Fish and Wildlife will hold a virtual public hearing Wednesday, March 25, at 6pm to consider comments from the public on a proposed regulation detailing the definition of total fish length. The proposed amendments may be inspected online at http://regulations.delaware.gov/services/current_issue.shtml or in-person, by appointment only, by contacting responsible staff John…

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Public Hearing Set on Proposed Fish Measurement Regulation

DNREC’s Division of Fish and Wildlife will hold a virtual public hearing on Wednesday, March 25 at 6 p.m. to gather input on a proposed regulation that would standardize how fish length is measured for Delaware fisheries. Officials say the change would ensure consistency across regulations and help the state remain in compliance with Atlantic…

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DNREC to Hold Public Hearing on proposed Revisions to the Striped Bass Spring Gill Net Season Regulation

The DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife will conduct a virtual public hearing at the end of this month on proposed revisions to the regulations governing the striped bass commercial fishing seasons, quotas, tagging and reporting requirements. The proposed revision would modify the spring anchor gill net season by adding two weeks in February and…

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Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to Hold Virtual Public Hearing on Recreational Harvest Control Rule

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) will hold a joint Delaware-New Jersey virtual public hearing regarding the Recreational Harvest Control Rule Draft Addenda to the Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and the Bluefish FMP, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced today. The virtual hearing will be held…

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