658                                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 [Ch. 4

provision also is proposed for deletion in
light of the uniform penalty provision of
this title although possession of the
specified net is retained as a violation.
Subsection (c) presently appears as Article
66C, section 292 of the Code. The only
other changes made are in style.

4-719. FISHING RESTRICTIONS IN DORCHESTER COUNTY.

(A)   SEINE OR PUT NET. - A PERSON MAY NOT SET A
HAUL SEINE OR SEINE OF ANY DESCRIPTION, OR WHAT IS
COMMONLY CALLED A PUT NET, TO CATCH FISH IN THE
FOLLOWING WATERS OF DORCHESTER COUNTY: TRANSQUAKING
RIVER AND CHICAMACOMICO RIVER AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES,
BIG AND LITTLE BLACKWATER RIVERS, WHITE HALL CREEK,
HURST'S CREEK, SHOAL CREEK, AND JENKINS CREEK.

(B)   TWINE WEIR, POUND NET, AND HAULING SEINE. -
A PERSON MAY NOT SET A PATENT TWINE WEIR, OR ANY OTHER
TWINE WEIR, A POUND NET AND HAULING SEINE OF A LENGTH
GREATER THAN 350 FEET IN BLACKWATER RIVER AND ITS
TRIBUTARIES EXCEPT LITTLE BLACKWATER RIVER. A PERSON
ALSO MAY NOT FASTEN OR STICK A STAKE IN THE PART OF
BLACKWATER RIVER LYING BETWEEN A LINE DRAWN FROM GROG
POINT TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RIVER AND A LINE
DRAWN FROM BERG'S DITCH TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE
RIVER, EXCEPT IN THE BENDS OF THE RIVER WHERE
[[STAKES]] STAKE WEIRS NOW EXIST.

(C)    GILL NETS; DISTANCES NETS MAY EXTEND FROM
SHORE IN CERTAIN WATERS.— A PERSON MAY NOT SET A GILL
NET IN THE WATERS OF FISHING BAY OR TRANSQUAKING RIVER
NORTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BLACKWATER POINT TO IRISH
CREEK, UP THE TRANSQUAKING RIVER TO DESTROYS CREEK, OR
SET ANY NET WHOSE FARTHER END EXTENDS MORE THAN 1200
FEET FROM SHORE OR MORE THAN ONE THIRD THE BREADTH OF
THE WATER AT THE PLACE WHERE THE NET IS FISHED, OR
CLOSER THAN 600 FEET OF ANOTHER NET IN THE
TRANSQUAKING OR CHICAMACOMICO RIVER. A PERSON MAY NOT
SET ANY NET WHOSE FARTHER END EXTENDS MORE THAN ONE
HALF THE BREADTH OF THE WATER AT THE PLACE WHERE THE
NET IS FISHED OR CLOSER THAN 600 FEET OF ANOTHER NET
IN THE WATERS OF THE TRANSQUAKING RIVER ABOVE
DECOURCEY BRIDGE OR PLACED IN OR ACROSS THE CHANNELS
OF THESE RIVERS. IN THE WATERS OF FISHING BAY SOUTH
OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BLACKWATER POINT TO IRISH CREEK
AND NORTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM ROASTING EAR POINT TO
THE NORTHWESTERLY MOST POINT OF THE ENTRANCE TO DUCK
ISLAND COVE, A PERSON MAY NOT SET ANY [[WIER]] WEIR
MORE THAN 1200 FEET FROM SHORE, OR SET ANY GILL NET OR