AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FISHING EQUIPMENT
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
Section 1. Amend §931, Title 7, Delaware code by adding thereto a new subsection (g) to read as follows:
"(g) In the event a person with a commercial food fishing license and a food fishing equipment permit for gill nets is disabled and unable to deploy or set his or her gill nets. The person shall be issued a written permit by the Department authorizing his or her spouse, child or grandchild to deploy or set said person's gill nets for a period to be specified by the physician who certifies the disability. Such persons shall be limited during their lifetime to a total of 2 years during which their gill nets may be set or deployed by a spouse, child and/or grandchild. For purposes of this subsection, the term 'disabled' shall mean a person certified in writing by a licensed medical physician in Delaware to be temporarily unable to perform the substantial and material duties associated with the setting or deploying of gill nets based upon medical evidence."