(a) Potting for lobsters is permitted in any waters under the jurisdiction of the State.

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 2505

  • 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 take or attempt to take lobsters for commercial purposes by any method other than a lobster pot. The number of and design of said pots will be established by regulation.

(c) It shall be unlawful to take or attempt to take lobsters by dragging, dredging, trawling and spearing.

7 Del. C. 1953, § ?2501; 55 Del. Laws, c. 77, § ?2; 60 Del. Laws, c. 513, § ?2;