Delaware Code § 7-2405

Commercial dredge clam license — Area permitted; method of taking under commercial dredge
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clam license.
(a) It shall be unlawful to dredge for hard clams with a commercial dredge clam license on leased shellfish grounds, except that a person
may dredge hard clams from his or her own leased shellfish grounds as long as those grounds are not within Delaware's Inland Bays.
(b) It shall be unlawful to dredge hard clams in any waters designated as contaminated by the Department.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to use any hydraulic dredge or mechanical device which employs a vacuum or suction method
for the taking or catching or harvesting of clams from any of the waters under the jurisdiction of this State without the prior written
consent of the Department.

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