Milford chronicle., 1919-08-08
GAME
AND
FISH LAWS
OF THE STATE OF
DELAWARE
1919
Continued from last week.

. Continued from last week.
! 25O2. Sec. 145. Territorial Limits
Rights and Jurisdiction Unaffected
: Oyster and Shell Fish Industry I'm
affected Nothing herein contained
shall affect the territorial limits, rights
, or jurisdiction of either of said States
: of, in or over the Delaware River, OF
: the ownership of the subaqueous soil
thereof, except as is expressly SET
forth in the compact between the said
states; nor shall anything herein con-
Jained affect in any way the planting,
= catching or taking of oysters, clans.
or other shell fish, or interfere with
the oyster industry, as now or here
after carried on under the laws OF
: either of said States. And nothing
herein contained shall be construed to
give to the inhabitants of the State of
New Jersey a common right of fishery
with the inhabitants of the State of
Delaware in the waters of the Della
ware Bay.
2sO3. Sec. 146. Designation of Fish;
For the Purpose of This Act:-For
the purposes of this Act the following
/ fish shall be designated as game fish,
to wit: black bass or small mouth
/ bass, large mouth bass, otherwise call
/ ed 0swego or yellow bass; strawberry
or calico bass; rock bass, otherwise
known as red eye or google eye; white
bass, crappie, pike-perch, otherwise
called wall-eyed pike, or Susquehanna
salmon; pike pickerel, CHAIR, COM
monty called brook or speckled trout.
The following shall be designated as
L.. ~ - II -vnafn- af in,
nows, killifshes and stone catfish. All
other species or varieties of fish what |
soever shall be designated as food |
fish.
25O3a. Sec. 146a. Devices Permitted /
in Catching Game Fish;-It shall be
unlawful to catch or fish for any |
game fish in any part of the Delaware /
River and Bay lying between the
States of New Jersey and Delaware
with any device or by any means or
methods whatsoever, excepting with
rods and lines, or hand lines, common
ly called dipsey or throw-lines, each
having not more than three hooks, or
with trolling lines with spoon or arti-
fetal bait having not more than one
burr of three single hooks attached.
The number of rods and lines or the
number of trolling-lines, not to ex-
ceed two of one or the other device
named, and said lines must be under
the direct and immediate supervision
of the person fishing Herewith. ANY
person violating any of the provisions (
Of this section shall, on conviction
thereof, be subject to a fine of tweD- {
ty dollars.
25O4. Sec. LAT. Devices Permitted in J
Catching Bait Fish:-It shall be un t
lawful to fish for bait fish in the |
waters aforesaid except with the fol /
lowing devices, to wit: rods and lines l
and hand lines with not more than (
three hooks attached; a minnow 2
seine not more than one hundred feet /
in length; a dip net not more than
five feet square; a minnow trap, the
opening of which shall not be more
than one and One-quarter inches in S
a scoop net with a single ?
handle and with a diameter of no. a
more than two feet. Any person who t
Uses any other device, method or o
means for catching bait fish, other a
han those specified in this section y
shall on conviction thereof, be sub 4
ect to fine of twenty dollars. -
95O5. Sec. 14S. Devices Permitted il
Catching Food Fish:-It shall be un :
awful to fish for food fish in the wa 5
ers aforesaid with any device, meth p
ID or means, excepting by the follow {
ng devices, and under regulation tt
md restrictions hereinafter described Of
o wit: A seine, gill net, an eel POI 81
II fyke net, each without wings. a st
arallel net, or stake net at the edge VI
f low water, and rods and lines, OF Ia
and lines, otherwise known as dipsey Al
+ throw lines each having not NOR, 81
han three hooks. Any person who ty
hall use or employ any device for ot
atching food fish other than those N
AIMED in this section, or shall use or t
mploy any device named in this sec. 50
on contrary to the regulations and to
sstrictions hereinafter mentioned, If
nall be subject to fine of fifty dol an
RS. IF
SOC. Sec. 149. Sturgeon Fishing; Al
ize of Mesh; Size of Fish; Fishing Vi.
lturday Afternoons and Sunday Pro- viz
bited; Closed Season 1T shall b, of
llawful for any person to catch and a
Ike or attempt to catch and take any otl
urgeon from the waters aforesaid
it'll any device excepting a seine or 25
II net, the meshes of which shall not AC
less than thirteen inches stretch Pr
measure while being fished: pro- an
ded however, that where a stur- att
on not under the size hereinafter kin
'ohibited shall become entangled in a
shad or other net which IS being being oil, eli
ma fide used for the catching of an
ad or other fish, the said sturgeon thu
caught may be retained. 1t shall me
rther be unlawful for any person the
catch or take or attempt to catch net
Id take from the waters aforesaid, sol
" sturgeon or mammose under five dri
ct in length, and if any such stur- pre-
on or mammose under five feet in VIII
myth should be caught it shall be ma
returned to the waters the
injured. 1t shall also be unlawful ur,
any person to catch and take, the
1rgeon or mammose from the wa vic
rs aforesaid IN any manner what sec
er between the hours of two O'Clock of
NJ. of every Saturday and twelve dol
lock midnight of the Sunday next an
suing, and also between the thir- use
'th day of June in each year and the
st day of March thence next en- 2ol
ing. Any person violating any of Int
e provisions of this section shall, be
on conviction thereof, be subject to anC
fine of one hundred dollars, together wa
tn forfeiture of all nets, boats Wi
d other appliances used. wit
dri
OF. Sec. $50. Shad Fishing; Size use
Mesh; Saturday Afternoon and her
nday Fishing Prohibited; Closed
ason; Nets; Kinds Allowed; Taking 81
ad at Mouth of Rivers or Creeks Poi
shall be unlawful for Cei
Y person to catch and take, or to OF