DNREC Announces Public Hearing For New Cobia Creel Limits

MEETING DESCRIPTION ….
Hearing regarding proposed action which would revise regulations pertaining to cobia. This hearing will immediately follow the hearing on striped bass spawning season and area restrictions.
This will be held at 6:00 PM Wednesday February 26, 2020 in the DNREC auditorium, Richardson & Robbins Building, 89 Kings Hwy, Dover.

DNREC …. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission adopted the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Migratory Group Cobia (FMP) in November 2017. The most recent stock assessment indicated that Cobia biomass has declined over the past two decades, but the stock is not overfished and overfishing is not occurring. The FMP requires that states adopt the precautionary management measures contained in the FMP to prevent overfishing. Read the full document here.

Persons wishing to comment on the proposed amendments may do so either orally or in written form at the public hearing on February 26, 2020. In lieu of attending the public hearing, written comment may be submitted to the Hearing Officer via the online comment form at https://dnrec.alpha.delaware.gov/publichearings/comment-form/, via email to DNRECHearingComments@delaware.gov, or via USPS to the below address. The Department will accept public comment through the close of business on Thursday, March 12, 2020.

Theresa Newman
Hearing Officer DNREC – Office of the Secretary
89 Kings Highway
Dover, DE
19901