WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

(ix) 1 member of the Boat Act Advisory
Commission.

Article - Natural Resources

4-11A-02.

(d) Except as otherwise provided BY LAW OR BY REGULATIONS
ADOPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT [in this subtitle], all provisions of
this title and regulations adopted under this title applicable to
the taking, possession, sale, and transport of [fish] FINFISH DO
NOT apply to [fish] FINFISH that are in or from aquaculture
operations IN NONTIDAL PONDS, LAKES, OR IMPOUNDMENTS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of
Maryland read as follows;

Article - Natural Resources

4-2A-01.

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings
indicated.

(g) (1) "Species" includes any subspecies of fish and any
other group of fish of the same species or smaller taxa in common
spatial arrangement that interbreed when mature.

(2) "SPECIES" DOES NOT INCLUDE FISH WHICH ARE BRED OR
RAISED IN AUTHORIZED AQUACULTURE OPERATIONS IN NONTIDAL PONDS,
LAKES, OR IMPOUNDMENTS.

4-2A-08.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,
the provisions of this subtitle do not prohibit:

(1)  Importation into the State of fish which may be
lawfully imported into the United States or lawfully taken and
removed from another state; [or]

(2)  Entry into this State or the possession,
transportation, exportation, processing, sale, offer for sale, or
shipment of any fish which is designated an endangered or
threatened species in this State but not in the state where
originally taken, if the person engaging in the activity
demonstrates by substantial evidence that the fish was lawfully
taken and lawfully removed from the state of origin; OR

(3)  ENTRY INTO THIS STATE OR THE POSSESSION,
TRANSPORTATION, EXPORTATION, PROCESSING, SALE, OFFER FOR SALE, OR
SHIPMENT OF FISH WHICH ARE LAWFULLY PURCHASED FOR, OR WHICH ARE

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