7 Del. C. § 940
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§ Â 940. Food fish dealer permits.
Official statutory text
(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 commercial landings of a food fish species to be managed with a quota, said food fish species, if landed in this State by a commercial finfisher, shall not be purchased, sold, traded and/or bartered by a food fish dealer without a food fish dealer permit. The Department shall not charge a fee for a food fish dealer permit.
(b) All food fish dealer permit holders shall maintain log books, supplied by the Department, for those food fish species that have management plans which require commercial landings to be monitored for purposes of a quota. Food fish dealer permit holders shall forward copies of their log book entries to the Department as prescribed by the Department. The log books shall record the following:
(1) The commercial food fishing license number of the commercial finfisher who landed the food fish; and
(2) The number and/or weight, by species, of food fish purchased, traded and/or bartered from each commercial finfisher.
(c) The Department may adopt, amend, modify or repeal rules and regulations to effectuate the policy and purpose of this section.
(b) All food fish dealer permit holders shall maintain log books, supplied by the Department, for those food fish species that have management plans which require commercial landings to be monitored for purposes of a quota. Food fish dealer permit holders shall forward copies of their log book entries to the Department as prescribed by the Department. The log books shall record the following:
(1) The commercial food fishing license number of the commercial finfisher who landed the food fish; and
(2) The number and/or weight, by species, of food fish purchased, traded and/or bartered from each commercial finfisher.
(c) The Department may adopt, amend, modify or repeal rules and regulations to effectuate the policy and purpose of this section.
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