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Eric Burnley April 24, 2021 Austin Mendez is shown with the 10.21-pound Delaware citation tog he caught over ocean structure. PHOTO COURTESY OF LEWES HARBOUR MARINA I didn’t give you quite enough information about the Coast Guard’s requirement for a cut-off switch on boats of less than 26 feet. That requirement applies to boats manufactured after Jan. 1, 2020. Thanks to a sharp-eyed reader who pointed that fact out to me in an email and directed me to a Coast Guard site that explained the situation much better than their press release. I hope not too many folks did as I did an...

April 6, 2021 Lewes Mitigation Planning Team to meet The Lewes Mitigation Planning Team will meet virtually at 9 a.m., Wednesday, April 7. The group will discuss phragmites control, the city’s water recharge area, flood monitoring devices and other topics. The full agenda and a link to the meeting can be found at lewes.civicweb.net.  Wilmington/Baltimore Avenue task force meeting set April 7 Rehoboth Beach’s Wilmington/Baltimore Avenue Streetscape Task Force has scheduled an online meeting for 9 a.m., Wednesday, April 7. The agenda calls for continued discussion on a possible t...

Eric Burnley A spring rockfish caught at Herring Point. ERIC BURNLEY PHOTO It would appear that some very important people did not get surf-fishing permits for 2021. That has caused DNREC’s Division of Parks to put in motion a plan to issue 1,000 more permits. However, the plan is not set up at this time and will be announced at a future date. We do know that in order to purchase a surf-fishing permit, you must first acquire a voucher on a day to be announced. These will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis. Each voucher is good for one surf-fishing permit, and they will not be sol...

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Protections in place for beach-nesting season March 4, 2021 Closing portions of the Fowler Beach area of Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge protects migratory and beach-nesting shorebirds including piping plovers. FILE PHOTO Portions of the Fowler Beach area of Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge encompassing the bay beach, dunes and back-barrier portions closed March 1 for the benefit of federally and state-protected beach-nesting and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plover, oystercatcher, least tern and other species. When exploring Prime Hook NWR beaches during b...