Ch. 42 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

Approved April 10, 1990.

CHAPTER 42
(House Bill 219)

AN ACT concerning

Fish - Limitations on Nets

FOR the purpose of clarifying certain restrictions on setting nets in certain areas of the
Chesapeake Bay; making a certain technical correction; and allowing the use of
nets in certain areas.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 4-728(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

4-728.

(a) (1) [A] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, A person may not set any net within 1,650 feet in any direction of any
other net, or any net of a total length of more than 1,500 feet, including the net's
leaders, hedges, or wings. In addition, a net may not be set at a distance greater than
one fourth the distance across the bay, measured from the low water mark.

(2) [Also, a person may not set any kind of net in] 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 Island 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:

(I) NEARER THAN 500 YARDS IN EVERY DIRECTION FROM
ANY OTHER NET;

(II) OF A TOTAL LENGTH OF MORE THAN 550 YARDS
INCLUDING THE NET'S LEADERS, HEDGES, OR WINGS; OR

(III) AT A GREATER DISTANCE THAN ONE-FOURTH THE
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