Sections
§ 401 Short title 3
§ 402 Declaration of purpose 3
§ 403 Definitions 3
§ 404 Aquaculture technical assistance and marketing program 3
§ 405 Limitations 3
§ 406 Authority of the Department 3
§ 407 Fee fishing operations 3
§ 408 Aquaculture registration 3
§ 409 Suspension or revocation of registration 3
§ 410 Aquaculture facility protection 3
§ 411 Aquaculture facility protection 3

Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 3 > Chapter 4 - Delaware Aquaculture Act

  • Aquaculture: means the controlled propagation, growth, harvest and subsequent commerce in cultured aquatic stock by an aquaculturist. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 403
  • Aquaculture facility: means any water system and associated infrastructures capable of holding and/or producing cultured aquatic stock. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 403
  • Aquaculture registration: means the formal registration by application to the Department of Agriculture of an aquaculture facility by a person, partnership or corporation. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 403
  • Aquaculturist: means an individual, partnership or corporation involved in the production of cultured aquatic stock or parts thereof. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 403
  • Closed system: means an aquaculture facility with water discharge(s) that does not connect in any way to the waters of the State prior to the discharged water being screened, filtered or percolated to prevent cultured aquatic stock from escaping. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 403
  • Cultured aquatic stock: means aquatic organisms, lawfully acquired by an aquaculturist that are held and grown in a registered aquaculture facility. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 403
  • Department: means the Department of Agriculture. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 403
  • Domesticated: means an animal or plant trained, adapted and/or bred to live in a human controlled environment. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 403
  • Fee fishing: means removing cultured aquatic stock from a registered aquaculture facility in a sportsman-like manner for a payment of a fee. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 403
  • Fee fishing operation: means a registered aquaculture facility where a person may fish for cultured aquatic stock. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 403
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Registered aquaculture facility: means an aquaculture facility which has a valid aquaculture registration issued by the Department of Agriculture. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 403
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of the Department or his or her designee. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 403
  • Wild: means an animal or plant that is not trained, adapted and/or bred to live in a human controlled environment. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 403