May 28, 2015 — DOVER, Del. (AP) — Officials are eyeing changes to Delaware’s conch fishing rules to keep commercial fishermen on equal footing with their New Jersey counterparts.
Officials planned to hold a hearing Thursday evening on lowering the minimum size limits for licensed knobbed conch dredgers.
Currently, Delaware requires a six-inch minimum size limit, while New Jersey has a five-inch minimum. Officials say that poses a potential economic disadvantage to Delaware conch harvesters fishing the shared waters of the Delaware Bay.
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