WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 184

(E) "CREW MEMBER" MEANS A PERSON WHO ASSISTS A TIDAL FISH LICENSEE
DURING COMMERCIAL FISHING ACTIVITIES INCLUDING OPERATING A BOAT,
HANDLING FISHING RELATED GEAR, OR CULLING FISH.

[(e)](F) "Department" means Department of Natural Resources.

[(f)](G) "Fish" means finfish, crustaceans, mollusks, and amphibians and
reptiles which spend the majority of their life cycle in water and any part, egg, offspring,
or dead body of any of these species.

[(g)](H) "Game and freshwater fish" means fish found in nontidal water,
including but not limited to, a pond, lake, or canal, whether publicly or privately owned.

[(h)](I) "Nontidal water" means water above a point where the tide ebbs and
flows.

[(i)] (J) "Open season" means the time during which fish legally may be caught
and includes both the first and last day of the season or period designated in this title.

[(J)] (K) "Person" includes the State, any county, municipal corporation, or other
political subdivision of the State, or any of their units, or an individual, receiver, trustee,
guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary, or representative of any kind, or any
partnership, firm, association, public or private corporation, or any other entity.

[(k)](L) "Secretary" means Secretary of Natural Resources.

[(l)] (M) "Tidal water" means water below a point where the tide ebbs and flows.

(N) "TIDAL FISH LICENSE" MEANS A LICENSE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT
WHICH AUTHORIZES THE LICENSEE TO GUIDE FISHING PARTIES, CATCH FISH FOR
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES AND BUY, SELL, PROCESS, TRANSPORT, EXPORT OR
OTHERWISE DEAL IN FISH WHICH WERE CAUGHT IN THE TIDAL WATERS OF
MARYLAND.

4-206.

(a)      The Department shall audit the books of any person who packs or deals in fish
resources within the jurisdiction of the Department including anyone who catches and
ships directly to market. The Department audit shall be conducted to determine the
quantity of resources caught and any other data needed for reporting and accounting to
State officials.

(b)     Every person engaged in the business of packing or dealing in any fish
resource within the Department's jurisdiction shall keep accurate books, statements, and
accounts showing every detail of the business. Every book, statement, and account shall
be open for the Department to inspect at reasonable hours. Every person engaged in the
business of packing or dealing in any fish resource within the Department's jurisdiction [,
and every person the Department licenses to catch the resource] shall make any report
the Department requires on forms the Department prescribes.

(C) EVERY PERSON THE DEPARTMENT LICENSES TO CATCH THE FISH
RESOURCE SHALL MAKE ANY REPORT THE DEPARTMENT REQUIRES ON FORMS THE
DEPARTMENT PROVIDES.

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