Title 30, FISH

The commission may adopt or promulgate rules or regulations relating to at-risk boats, derelict boats or abandoned boats, including the transfer of ownership of or interest in at-risk boats, derelict boats or abandoned boats.

The Governor of this Commonwealth is authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with any one or more of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia…

(a) Designation and term.--In pursuance of Article III of the compact, there shall be three members (hereinafter called commissioners) of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (hereinafter called commission) from this Commonwealth. The first commissioner shall be the ex…

The commission and the commissioners thereof shall have all the powers provided for in the compact and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular. All officers of the Commonwealth are directed to do all things falling within thei…

Any powers granted to the commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to, and in no case a limitation upon, any of the powers vested in the commission by other laws of this Commonwealth, or by the laws of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connectic…

(a) General rule.--The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 10 in each year, setting forth, in detail, the transactions conducted by it during the 12 months preced…

(a) Execution and form of amendment.--The Governor is authorized and directed to enter into an amendment of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact with any one or more of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Del…

The General Assembly finds and declares as follows: (1) Since fish at large in the waters of this Commonwealth are a natural resource, protection and conservation of this resource in the public interest is the obligation of the Commonwealth. (2) The shad which inhabit the waters …

For the purpose of regulating the shad fishery of the Delaware River and Bay and their tributaries: (1) The Delaware River includes all that part of the river and its tributaries above a line drawn from the monument on the Delaware shore at or near Listons Point and the correspon…

The commission shall meet and confer with the pertinent officials of the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, constituting the Middle Atlantic Section of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and may enter into such agreements with respect to the …

(a) Unauthorized nets or devices prohibited.--The use of any net or device other than those set forth in subsection (b) for the catching of shad in the Delaware River and Bay and their tributaries is prohibited. (b) Nets and devices which may be used.--The following nets and devi…

(a) Season.--The taking of shad in the Delaware River and Bay and their tributaries is prohibited except between March 1 and June 10. (b) Lift period.--During the season when shad may be caught under subsection (a) it is unlawful for any nets to be in operation between 2 p.m. on …

(a) General rule.--The commission shall, by a special shad license, permit the use in the waters of the Delaware River and Bay and their tributaries within this Commonwealth of the nets specified in section 7304 (relating to permitted nets and devices) for the taking of shad. No …

(a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no license shall be issued: (1) To a person not engaged in such operations during the season immediately preceding that for which application for the shad license is made. (2) To extend operations of the applicant b…

(a) When authorized.--When the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or its successor certifies that the catch of shad in the Delaware River and Bay and their tributaries for the preceding year totals 500,000 fish, the executive director shall consult with the pertinent adminis…

The commission may issue the following shad fishing licenses which shall be valid only during the shad fishing season for which issued, as provided in this chapter, upon written application therefor, signed by the applicant, and upon payment to said commission of the following fe…

Each shad licensee shall keep a daily record of his catch on forms provided by the commission and shall provide a copy of his record for the commission at weekly intervals during the fishing season.

(a) When authorized.--A shad license to operate any nets permitted under this chapter may be transferred whenever the owner of the nets, boats, gear and other equipment sells or conveys them by bill of sale for a bona fide consideration to any person who is eligible under the pro…

(a) General rule.--When the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or its successor certifies, on the basis of scientific evidence, that the catch of shad in the Delaware River and Bay and their tributaries has declined 100,000 fish or more under the previous year's catch in suc…

(a) Suspension.--The commission, after due notice and hearing, may suspend for a suitable period the shad license of any person who is found by them to have done any of the following: (1) Made a false statement in the application for a license. (2) Violated any shad regulation co…

Any person violating the provisions of this chapter commits a summary offense of the second degree. (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990)