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NEW! Delaware Hunter Education online access. By clicking here, you can now:
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  • - Print your hunter education card
  • - Find and sign up for hunter ed courses
  • - Enter and/or update your hunter ed information.

2008 Delaware Hunting & Trapping Guide* online version now available for viewing or printing; new guides also available at Delaware license agents' locations.

   * Attention Hunters: The sunrise and sunset times for October and November are incorrect in the hard copy version of the 2008 Hunting and Trapping Guide in the table on page 10. The times have been corrected in the online version of the guide as linked to above.


UPDATED: Delaware fishing report             

REMINDER: Delawareans and non-residents alike now must be licensed to fish fresh and salt water. Crabbing and clamming also require licenses.Saltwater flyfisherman
 
More angling:
 •  2008 Delaware Fishing Guide
 •
2008 Delaware Public Ponds Booklet 
 
Small Pond brochure (youth-oriented fishing)

ADVISORY: The new regulation requiring a FIN (Fisherman Information Network) number for all anglers, 16 years and older, does not go into effect until Jan. 1, 2009. How, when and where can you get your FIN number? More...

For the Atlantic sturgeon, it's surgeon-like precision for Fish & Wildlife biologists when it comes to tagging and tracking the fish's future


The Delaware Birding Trail spans 27 birdwatching hotspots throughout the state. Find out here how to get a free birding trail map.

Volunteers sought for Delaware breeding bird atlas

 

NEW! Breeding Bird Atlas Newsletter:  "Voice of the Vireo" Fall issue


 

Wildlife
Information for hunters – licenses, seasons, guides, maps and more. Conservation and education – Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program, the Delaware Shorebird Monitoring Project, Duck Stamp Program/Contest and more.

Fisheries
Info for anglers – licenses, access areas, guides, maps and more. Conservation and education – Artificial Reef program, Aquatic Resources Education Center, Trout Stamp Program, Fish Consumption advisories and more.

Enforcement
Hunting, fishing, boating and habitat management – fishing and boating access areas, licenses, boat registration and safety classes, Operation Game Theft, Canine Program, Vessel Safety Check Stations and more.

Mosquito Control
Mosquito spraying announcements, mosquitoes and homeowners, West Nile and other mosquito-borne diseases, Northern Delaware Wetlands Rehabilitation Program and more.

Dog Licensing
Anyone who owns a dog in Delaware must have it licensed. Find out how and where to get your dog a license and more.

Education
Conservation & instructional info for all ages – Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program, Landowner Incentive Program, Aquatic Resources Education Center, Hunting/Fishing Boating education, Becoming An Outdoors-Woman Program, Eco Explorers, Adopt-a-Wetland,  Delaware Wildlife Action Plan and more.

Volunteer!
Ecological Restoration Team, Beach Grass Planting, Certified Citizen Naturalist Volunteer Program, Delaware Shorebird Project, Delaware Amphibian Monitoring Program, Citizen Osprey Monitoring and more.

More…
An alphabetical list of all topics within the Division of Fish & Wildlife.

Calendar
DNREC Public Meetings on the Statewide Calendar

 

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