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Ch. 278
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(ii) Upon receipt of the power dredging license, the Department
shall exchange at no cost the power dredging license for the person's former, currently
valid oyster license.] A PERSON WHO IS PERMITTED TO CATCH OYSTERS WITH A
POWER DREDGE UNDER THIS SECTION MAY NOT HARVEST OYSTERS BY ANY OTHER
HARVESTING METHOD ON DAYS WHEN OYSTERS ARE HARVESTED WITH A POWER
DREDGE.
(d) The Department shall establish zones by regulation within the following
areas in which a person may catch oysters by power dredge only during the power
dredging season from November 1 to March 30:
(1) In the waters of this State that lie contiguous to Somerset County,
including all of the waters from the area of Kedges Straits from a line drawn from the
quick flash buoy at Fog Point east to Solomons Lump Light, north to Sheepshead
Point, and along the west side of South March Island to the crab pot line on Pry
Island; and
(2) In the waters of Tangier Sound, that area enclosed by a line
beginning at buoy "8", then eastward to James Island Light, then to the range marker
at Great Point, then following the shoreline southward to the Maryland/Virginia line,
then westward to buoy "6", then northward to buoy "8", the point of beginning.
(3) In the waters of Tangier Sound, that area beginning at the junction
red and green buoy at the mouth of the Monokin River and Big Annemessex River,
then southward to flashing four second buoy at Janes Island, then southwestward to
Horse Hammock Point, then northward along the eastern shoreline of Smith Island
and to Fishing Point, then northeastward to the flashing green four bell number 5
buoy, then southeastward to the point of beginning.
(4) In the waters of Tangier Sound, that area beginning at the junction
red and green buoy at the mouth of the Monokin River and Big Annemessex River,
then northward to Piney Island, then northeastward to the southeastern most point
of land of St. Pierre Island, then to the southernmost point of land at Normal Point,
then following the shoreline in a southwest direction to Hazard Point, then continuing
along the shoreline southward to the mouth of the Big Annemessex River, then to the
point of land due north of day beacon number 5, then across the Big Annemessex
River to Long Point, then following the shoreline southwest to Flatcar Point, then
back to the point of beginning.
(e) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 4-1008(a) of this subtitle, a
person may not catch oysters with a power dredging [license] PERMIT:
(i) On Saturday or Sunday; or
(ii) Before sunrise or after 3:00 p.m. on any day Monday through
Friday.
(2) In addition to the provisions of § 4-1013(e) and (f) of this subtitle, a
person who has a power dredging [license] PERMIT under this section:
(i) Has a limit of 12 bushels for each person or 24 bushels per boat,
with a limit of two [licensed] PERMITTED power dredgers per boat; and
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