§ 4-1006. Areas off-limits to catching oysters or clams
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MD Code, Natural Resources, § 4-1006
§ 4-1006. Areas off-limits to catching oysters or clams
(a) A person may not catch oysters or clams within 400 yards of the Federal Research Laboratory at Oxford.
(b)(1) A person may not catch oysters or clams on any area closed by the Department of the Environment due to pollution.
(ii) The Department of Natural Resources shall adopt rules and regulations to provide for the marking in a plain and visibly obvious fashion of any area that is closed to the catching of oysters or clams because of pollution. Even in the absence of such marking devices, a person may not catch oysters or clams in a restricted area as designated by the Department of the Environment if notice has been given to the appropriate governing body and the committee of watermen of any county affected by the restriction.
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Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 4, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1974, c. 579; Acts 1976, c. 183, § 1; Acts 1984, c. 643; Acts 1985, c. 10, § 3; Acts 1988, c. 277, § 2; Acts 1990, c. 6, § 2.
Formerly Art. 66C, § 698.
MD Code, Natural Resources, § 4-1006, MD NAT RES § 4-1006
Current through legislation effective through April 25, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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