§ 4-728. Chesapeake Bay
West's Annotated Code of MarylandNatural ResourcesEffective: October 1, 2008
Effective: October 1, 2008
MD Code, Natural Resources, § 4-728
§ 4-728. Chesapeake Bay
(a)(1) In this subsection, “connected line of nets” means a series of connected nets set in single file.
(3) In the waters in the part of the Chesapeake Bay which lies between a straight line drawn from Drum Point Lighthouse in Calvert County to Hog Point in St. Mary's County, and a straight line drawn from Cove Point Lighthouse in Calvert County to Cedar Point Lighthouse in St. Mary's County, a person may not set any kind of net:
(b) A person may not set any pound net or stake net in the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay, except those areas within 2,400 feet from the natural shoreline in Cecil County, the bay shore of Kent County up to Howell Point, and those areas within 2,400 feet from the shore on the west side of the bay from Pooles Island north to one-half mile north of Spesutie Island. For the purpose of this subsection the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay are defined as the waters embraced in the area marked by the following line:
Beginning at Concord Point and running in a northeasterly direction, crossing Susquehanna River to Stump Point, then to Carpenter's Point, then to Turkey Point, then to Grove Point, all in Cecil County, then to Howell Point, Kent County, continuing in a straight line from Howell Point in a southwesterly direction across the bay to Abbey Point, the northernmost point at the entrance of Bush River, then northerly by a line following the bay shore of Harford County to Mulberry Point, then to Bear Point, Sandy Point, and to Locust Point on Spesutie Island, then to the southernmost point at the entrance of Swan Creek, and then crossing Swan Creek and continuing in a northerly direction following the bay shore to Concord Point, the place of beginning.
(c)(1) A person may not set an anchored gill net in the area of Chesapeake Bay bounded on the north by a line drawn from Turkey Point on the eastern shore to Sandy Point in Harford County, and on the south by a line drawn from Abbey Point to channel buoy Number 29, following the channel northward to buoy Number 1, off Grove Point, thence to Grove Point. This paragraph does not apply to the commercial fishing area within the Aberdeen Proving Grounds as specified by the Proving Ground.
Credits
Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 4, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1978, c. 467; Acts 1978, c. 581; Acts 1979, c. 396; Acts 1980, c. 672; Acts 1981, c. 487; Acts 1982, c. 465; Acts 1990, c. 42; Acts 1994, c. 230, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1994; Acts 1998, c. 21, § 1, eff. April 14, 1998; Acts 2008, c. 321, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008.
Formerly Art. 66C, §§ 286 to 288.
MD Code, Natural Resources, § 4-728, MD NAT RES § 4-728
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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