MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                      673

other changes made are in style.
4-739. FISHING RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING STURGEON.

(A)   AUTHORITY TO REGULATE. - THE DEPARTMENT HAY
HAKE RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING CATCHING STURGEON
IN THE WATERS OF THE STATE OR POSSESSING AND SELLING
WITHIN THE STATE STURGEON CAUGHT IN THE WATERS OF THE
STATE.

(B)    ADOPTION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS. - THE
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT BECOME
EFFECTIVE ONLY AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING IS HELD. THE
TIME, PLACE, AND PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING SHALL
BE ADVERTISED IN ONE NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL DAILY
CIRCULATION IN THE STATE, AND AT LEAST ONE NEWSPAPER
CIRCULATED IN EACH COUNTY FOR TWO SUCCESSIVE WEEKS IN
ADVANCE OF THE HEARING. AFTER THE HEARING AND
ADOPTION OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, THEY SHALL BE
PUBLISHED FOR ONE WEEK IN THE NEWSPAPERS WHICH
PUBLISHED THE NOTICE OF THE HEARING.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Article 66C, section 294 of the Code. The
penalty provision of this subsection is
proposed for deletion in light of the
uniform penalty provision of this title.
The reference to publication of proposed
rules and regulations only in tidewater
counties newspapers is revised to conform
with the end of parochialisn ushered in by
the Bruce decision. See the re visor's note
to section 4—703. The department now
publishes them in each county newspaper as
well as one of State wide circulation. The
only other changes made are in style.

4-740. FISHING RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING WALL-EYED
PIKE.

(A)   METHOD AND SEASON TO CATCH. - A PERSON MAY
CATCH WALL-EYED PIKE, COMMONLY KNOWN AS SUSQUEHANNA
SALMON, ONLY BY ROD, OR HOOK AND LINE AT ANY TIME IN
THE TIDAL WATERS OF THE STATE. THE OPEN SEASON FOR
CATCHING WALL-EYED PIKE FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS
FROM MARCH 15 TO NOVEMBER 30.

(B)    TRANSPORTATION AND POSSESSION. - A PERSON
MAY NOT SELL, PURCHASE, OFFER TO PURCHASE, POSSESS, OR
DELIVER TO ANY PRIVATE OR COMMON CARRIER FOR
TRANSPORTATION, HALL-EYED PIKE CAUGHT IN THE TIDAL