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State Specific Marine Fishery Regulations

 

(Each of the links below will take you to a respective state's website)


 

New York

State Department of Conservation, Recreational and Commercial Fishing Regulations:

Regulations and Enforcement » Regulations » Chapter I - Fish and Wildlife

Subchapter F: Marine Fisheries

Part 40: Marine Fish

Part 41: Sanitary Condition of Shellfish Lands

Part 42: Sanitary Control Over Shellfish

Part 43: Surf Clam/Ocean Quahog Fishery Management

·   Part 43 - Page 1: Surf Clam/Ocean Quahog Fishery Management

·   Part 43 - Page 2: Atlantic Ocean

·   Part 43 - Page 3: Atlantic Ocean Surf Clam Fishery; Limit on Entry of New Vessels

Part 44: Lobsters and Crabs

Part 45: Transplanting Of Shellfish

Part 46: Public Use Of State-Owned Tidal Wetlands

Part 47: Certification Of Shellfish Lands

Part 48: Marine Hatcheries, On-Bottom and Off-Bottom Culture Of Marine Plant and Animal Life

Part 49: Shellfish Management

 

New Jersey

Division of Fish and Wildlife:

Marine Fishing Regulations  

2008 Commercial Marine Fishing Regulations

 

Pennsylvania

Fish & Boat Commission:

2008 Pennsylvania Fishing Summary - Summary of Fishing Regulations and Laws

PA Regulations for the Delaware River and Estuary

 

Delaware

Administrative Code:

3500 Tidal Finfish

DE Code - State Laws - Title 7, Conservation: 

Chapter 9, Finfishing in Tidal Waters  

Chapter 15, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact

Chapter 24, Hard Clams

Chapter 27, Surf Clams

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control:

2008 Delaware Recreational Fishing Guide

Division of Fish & Wildlife: Fisheries Section webpage

 

Maryland

Department of Natural Resources:

Summaries of Maryland Fishing Rules

Maryland Tidal Recreational Fisheries Regulations

Maryland Commercial Fisheries Regulations

Maryland Coastal Bays Recreational Fisheries Regulations

Tidal Fishing Rules

 

Virginia

Marine Resources Commission:

Regulation Index

Saltwater Recreational Hook & Line Fishing

Saltwater Recreational Hook & Line Fishing Licensing Requirements

Recreational Crabbing & Non-hook & line Fishing

Spear-fishing Restrictions

Commercial & Personal Use Gillnetting

Commercial Fishing 

Commercial Crabbing

MRC Licenses

Commercial Permits

 

North Carolina

Division of Marine Fisheries:

Rules, Regulations, and Enforcement

Proclamations

Size and catch limits for NC Recreational Saltwater

Download NC Fisheries Rules for Coastal Waters 2007

           

 

 


Last Updated:  March 23, 2010