News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will launch the pilot surf fishing program reservation system for Delaware State Parks drive-on, multi-use beaches next week. Reservations are required during peak times this summer season. In 2022, the DNREC Division of Parks and Recreation worked with stakeholders and used public input to develop a […]
Continue ReadingThe Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced today it has reached its cap of 17,000 Delaware Surf-Fishing Permits issued for the calendar year. With the Surf-Fishing Permit cap figure attained, no more surf tag permits will be issued until December. The cap was reached early this year after unprecedented winter sales. The […]
Continue ReadingCAPE HENLOPEN – In response to complaints that surf-fishers were not complying with state regulations, DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation Natural Resource Police Rangers performed a three-hour enforcement operation at Cape Henlopen State Park from Navy Beach to Gordon’s Pond on Sunday, July 28th, 2019. Five full time officers and eight seasonal officers, with […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announce that it has reached its cap of 17,000 Delaware surf-fishing permits, as voted on this year by the state’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Council. With the cap figure attained, no more surf tag permits will be issued until December. While surf-fishing permit sales have ended, […]
Continue ReadingDOVER , DE – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced its plan for managing the cap of 17,000 Delaware surf-fishing permits as voted on this year by the division’s advisory council. With the cap figure approaching – as of June 7, 15,000 surf-fishing permits had been sold – the Division of Parks & Recreation […]
Continue ReadingDNREC to cap number of annual surf-fishing permits issued at 17,000 DOVER, DE – Delaware’s Parks and Recreation Council, which advises DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation, today voted to raise surf fishing permit fees this year and to limit the number of permits issued annually to no more than 17,000. Both decisions were made […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will discuss proposed changes to the surf fishing program at its upcoming, regularly-scheduled Parks and Recreation Council meeting. The meeting, open to the public, is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Thursday, January 17th, 2019 at the Dover Public Library, 35 East Loockerman Street, Dover 19901. Parks & […]
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