Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 368

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 316

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LOBSTERS

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Two-thirds of all members elected to each house thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. Amend §2501, Title 7, Delaware Code by deleting “Minimum” as it appears in the heading thereof.

Section 2. Amend §2501, Title 7, Delaware Code by inserting between “1992” and the period thereafter the following:

“and 3 3/8 inches beginning July 1, 2004”.

Section 3. Amend §2501, Title 7, Delaware Code by adding thereto the following:

Further, it shall be unlawful for any person to take from any waters within the jurisdiction of the State or have in his or her possession at any time any female American lobster with a carapace length measuring more than 5 ½ inches.”.

Approved July 19, 2004