666                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                            [Ch. 4

(A)   NETS IN GENERAL. - A PERSON MAY NOT SET, NOR
CONSTRUCT ANY KIND OF DESCRIPTION OF NET IN THE
PATUXENT RIVER FROM QUEEN ANNE BRIDGE TO THE MOUTH OF
THE RIVER, WITHIN 1,500 FEET IN EVERY DIRECTION FROM
ANY OTHER NET, WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE OWNER OF
THE OTHER NET. IN ADDITION, A PERSON MAY NOT SET, NOR
CONSTRUCT, ANY NET MORE THAN 425 FEET IN LENGTH,
INCLUDING THE NET'S LEADERS, HEDGES, OR WINGS, BELOW A
STRAIGHT LINE FROM HOLLAND'S CLIFFS ACROSS THE RIVER
TO A POINT ON THE SHORE DIRECTLY OPPOSITE HOLLAND'S
CLIFFS, OR MORE THAN 150 FEET IN LENGTH INCLUDING THE
NET'S LEADERS, HEDGES, OR WINGS, ABOVE THE STRAIGHT
LINE FROM HOLLAND'S CLIFFS. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBSECTION DO NOT APPLY TO FLOATING GILL NETS OR
SEINES.

(B)    SEINES OR GILL NETS. - A PERSON MAY NOT   SET
OR HAUL ANY SEINE OR GILL NET IN ANY CREEK, COVE     OR
TRIBUTARY OF THE PATUXENT RIVER IF THE MOUTH OF   THE
CREEK OR TRIBUTARY IS LESS THAN 200 FEET WIDE.

(C)   DRIFTING GILL NETS. - A PERSON MAY NOT SET
OR HAUL ANY DRIFTING GILL NET IN THE PATUXENT RIVER
SOUTH OF THE PATUXENT RIVER BRIDGE OR IN ANY CREEK,
COVE, OR TRIBUTARY OF THE RIVER SOUTH OF THE PATUXENT
RIVER BRIDGE AT ANY TIME.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Article 66C, section 289 of the Code. The
present section has been divided into
subsections for organization and clarity.
The only other changes made are in style.

4-731. SALE, PURCHASE, TRANSPORTATION OF STRIPED BASS
OR ROCKFISH.

(A) SELLING AND TRANSPORTING STRIPED BASS OR
ROCKFISH. - A PERSON MAY NOT SELL, OFFER FOR SALE, OR
TRANSPORT ACROSS A BOUNDARY OF THE STATE ANY STRIPED
BASS, COMMONLY KNOWN AS ROCKFISH, CAUGHT FROM THE
STATE WATERS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND ITS TRIBUTARIES
UNLESS HE HAS IN HIS POSSESSION ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
(1) A VALID COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENSE ISSUED IN HIS
NAME, (2) A DATED BILL OF SALE SIGNED BY THE LICENSED
COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN WHO CAUGHT THE FISH, OR (3) A
DATED BILL OF SALE SIGNED BY A DEALER OR WHOLESALER
FROM WHOM THE FISH WERE PURCHASED. HOWEVER, A
NON-RESIDENT OF THE STATE WHO HAS CAUGHT STRIPED BASS
FROM STATE WATERS BY HOOK AND LINE MAY TRANSPORT
ACROSS A BOUNDARY OF THE STATE NOT MORE THAN 100