Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 2405 – Commercial dredge clam license — Area permitted; method of …
(a) It shall be unlawful to dredge for hard clams with a commercial dredge clam license on leased shellfish grounds, except that a person may dredge hard clams from his or her own leased shellfish grounds as long as those grounds are not within Delaware’s Inland Bays.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 2405
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) It shall be unlawful to dredge hard clams in any waters designated as contaminated by the Department.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to use any hydraulic dredge or mechanical device which employs a vacuum or suction method for the taking or catching or harvesting of clams from any of the waters under the jurisdiction of this State without the prior written consent of the Department.
60 Del. Laws, c. 513, § ?2; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 588, § ?2; 79 Del. Laws, c. 178, § ?5;