Fish and Wildlife Advisory Councils

Delaware state law establishes several councils to advise the Director of Fish and Wildlife on matters relating to fisheries, recreational fishing, wildlife and hunting, and shell fisheries.

The Division is also part of the Delaware Native Species Commission.

Advisory Council on Wildlife and Freshwater Fish

The Advisory Council on Wildlife and Freshwater Fish was created in 1953 as the Council on Game and Fish. It serves in an advisory capacity to the Director of the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife.

Advisory Council on Tidal Finfisheries

The Advisory Council on Tidal Finfisheries was created to advise the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife and represent both the commercial and recreational interests in the state’s regulation of finfish.

Council on Recreational Fishing Funding

The Council on Recreational Fishing Funding serves in an advisory capacity to the Director of Fish and Wildlife on matters relating to funding fishery-related projects as well as fishery-related construction priorities.

Advisory Council on Shell Fisheries

The Advisory Council on Shell Fisheries serves in an advisory capacity to the Director of Fish and Wildlife on matters relating to the control and direction of the shellfish industry and the protection, conservation and propagation of shellfish in Delaware.

All meetings of the councils and commissions related to the work of the Division of Fish and Wildlife are posted on the Delaware Public Meeting Calendar and the DNREC Calendar of Events.

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