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§ 4-736. Eels

West's Annotated Code of MarylandNatural ResourcesEffective: October 1, 2018

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Natural Resources
Title 4. Fish and Fisheries (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 7. Licensing, Regulation, and Supervision of Fishing and Fisheries in Tidal Waters (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2018
MD Code, Natural Resources, § 4-736
§ 4-736. Eels
Currentness
Department to supervise, regulate, and control catching eels
(a) The Department may supervise, regulate, and control catching eels in the tidal waters of the State. In exercising this power, the Department may prescribe the areas within and methods by which eels may be caught.
License required to catch eels
(b)(1) A person may not catch eels for sale with pots or other devices in the tidal waters of the State without first obtaining a tidal fish license to catch finfish for commercial purposes from the Department.
(2) A licensee who is authorized to catch blue crabs under this subtitle may use up to 50 pots to catch eels for personal use as crab trotline bait without obtaining an authorization to catch finfish.
Rules and regulations
(c) The Department shall adopt rules and regulations concerning commercial fishing for eels by area, gear, season, size, and reporting of catch.
Catch reports
(d) Each individual who catches eels for sale or for personal use as bait shall make catch reports, as prescribed by rule or regulation, on forms provided by the Department.

Credits

Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 4, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1982, c. 222; Acts 1983, c. 579; Acts 1990, c. 433; Acts 1994, c. 184, § 1, eff. May 2, 1994; Acts 2018, c. 61, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2018.
Formerly Art. 66C, § 13C.
MD Code, Natural Resources, § 4-736, MD NAT RES § 4-736
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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