Headboat/charter boat fishing permits; reporting requirements.
Del. Code tit. 7, § 941
in effect(a) If a fishery management plan approved by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce or Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission requires the landings of a finfish species by headboats and charter boats to be monitored, said finfish species, if caught on a headboat or charter boat, shall not be landed in this State unless the owner or operator of said boat has been issued a headboat/charter boat fishing permit. The Department shall not charge a fee for the headboat/charter boat fishing permit.
(b) All headboat/charter boat fishing permit holders shall maintain a logbook, supplied by the Department, for those finfish species that have management plans which require landings to be monitored. Headboat/charter boat fishing permit holders shall forward copies of their logbook entries to the Department as prescribed by the Department. The logbooks shall contain, but not be limited to:
(1) The headboat/charter boat fishing permit number; and
(2) The number and/or weight, by species, of finfish landed on each date.
(c) The Department may adopt, amend, modify or repeal rules and regulations to effectuate the policy and purpose of this section.
Source: DE Code (Official Site)URL: https://delcode.delaware.gov/title7/c009/index.htmlFetched: 6/28/2026