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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor 643
Subsection (f) presently appears as Article
66C, section 265(i) of the Code but has
been inserted here because its subject
matter relates to nets as well as haul
seines.
Subsection (g) presently appears as Article
66C, section 268. The only other changes
made are in style.
4-711. REGULATION OF POUND OR STAKE NETS.
(A) LENGTH; OBSTRUCTING NAVIGATION. - A PERSON
MAY NOT SET ANY POUND OR STAKE NET OR ANY LINE OF
THESE NETS WHICH IS GREATER IN LENGTH THAN ONE THIRD
THE DISTANCE ACROSS THE WATERS OF THE BAY, SOUND,
RIVER, CREEK, COVE, OR INLET WHERE IT IS SET, OR IS
SET SO THAT IT IMPEDES OR OBSTRUCTS NAVIGATION ON OR
BLOCKS IN ANY WAY THE MAIN CHANNEL OF THE BAY, SOUND,
RIVER, CREEK, COVE, OR INLET.
(B) DISTANCE BETWEEN NETS. - A PERSON MAY NOT
SET AT ANY TIME A POUND NET WITHIN 4500 FEET OF
ANOTHER POUND NET IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND WITHIN
1500 FEET IN A TRIBUTARY OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY,
MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LINE OF STAKES. EVERY
POUND NET SET LICENSED IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY OR ONE OF
ITS TRIBUTARIES MAY RETAIN THE LOCATIONS IT LAWFULLY
OCCUPIED ON JUNE 1, 1949. A PERSON MAY NOT SET AT ANY
TIME A STAKE NET WITHIN 1200 FEET OF ANOTHER STAKE NET
OR POUND NET, MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LINE OF
STAKES. A PERSON MAY SET ANY STAKE OR FYKE NET CLOSER
TO ANY POUND NET THAN THE DISTANCE PROVIDED IN THIS
SUBSECTION IF THE OWNER OF THE POUND NET LOCATION
GIVES WRITTEN PERMISSION.
(C) INTERVAL BETWEEN NETS. - CLEAR AND
UNOBSTRUCTED INTERVALS OF AT LEAST 200 FEET SHALL BE
MAINTAINED BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE POUND OR STAKE NETS IN
THE SAME ROW.
(D) OYSTER GROUND. - A PERSON MAY NOT SET A
POUND OR STAKE NET IN OR UPON THE WATERS COVERING
LEASED OYSTER GROUND WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE
LESSEE.
(E) MARKING OUTER LINE OF POUND OR NET STAKES;
DISPLAY OF OWNER'S NAME AND LICENSE NUMBER; LIGHTING
OF POUND NETS. - THE OUTER END OF EACH LINE OF POUND
OR NET STAKES SHALL BE MARKED PLAINLY BY A BRUSH OR
OTHER SUITABLE DAY MARKER, READILY DISCERNIBLE TO
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