Subchapter IV. Taking Game, Birds, Eggs or Fish for Scientific or Propagating Purposes
TITLE 7
Conservation
Game, Wildlife and Dogs
CHAPTER 5. LICENSES
Subchapter IV. Taking Game, Birds, Eggs or Fish for Scientific or Propagating Purposes
§ 555. Permit to collect birds, game animals and fish for scientific or propagating purposes.
(a) The Division of Fish and Wildlife may issue a permit, revocable at the discretion of the Director, to take, capture, have in possession or transport wild birds, their nests or eggs, game animals, or fish for scientific or propagating purposes within this State.
(b) Permits issued under this section may establish any conditions and/or restrictions deemed desirable; every such permit shall expire on the last day of the calendar year in which it is issued. No wild birds, game animals or fish held in captivity under said permit shall be confined under inhumane or unsanitary conditions.
(c) Each person receiving a permit under this section must file with the Division a report of that person's operations under the permit prior to its renewal date. Said report shall set forth the name and address of the permittee, the permit number, the number of birds, nests, eggs, game animals or fish taken thereunder along with a list of the species taken or otherwise acquired, disposition of the same, names and addresses of persons acquiring the same from the permittee, and number of each species on hand at the expiration of the permit.
26 Del. Laws, c. 162, § 8; Code 1915, § 2365; Code 1935, § 2810; 7 Del. C. 1953, § 571; 57 Del. Laws, c. 739, § 48; 59 Del. Laws, c. 116, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 275, § 33.;
§ 556. Use of fertility control on game birds and game animals.
(a) No person or persons shall administer fertility control agents or immunocontraceptives to game birds or game animals except as authorized by a permit from the Director of the Division of Fish and Wildlife in accordance with existing laws and regulations.
(b) Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a class B environmental misdemeanor for each offense.
77 Del. Laws, c. 425, § 3.;