MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                     695

The only other changes made are in style.

4-1005. DEVICES FOR CATCHING OYSTERS AND CLAMS;
PATENT TONGS; STRING CULTURE OF OYSTERS.

(A)    DEVICES FOR CATCHING OYSTERS AND CLAMS
GENERALLY. - A PERSON MAY CATCH OYSTERS OR CLAMS IN
THE WATERS OF THE STATE ONLY BY RAKES, TONGS, PATENT
TONGS, DREDGES, HANDSCRAPES, CULTCH MATERIAL SUSPENDED
ON STRINGS, IN TRAYS, IN BAGS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES.
SOFT-SHELL CLAMS MAY BE CAUGHT BY HYDRAULIC OR
MECHANICAL DREDGES OR RIGS.

(B)    DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZED TO REGULATE SIZE AND
WEIGHT OF PATENT TONGS. - THE DEPARTMENT MAY MAKE
UNIFORM THE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF PATENT TONGS IN WATERS
WHERE PATENT TONGS ARE PERMITTED. HOWEVER, ANY PERSON
USING ANY SIZE OR WEIGHT PATENT TONGS ON JUNE 1, 1964,
MAY CONTINUE TO USE THEM.

(C)    STRING CULTURE OF OYSTER AUTHORIZED. - A
PERSON MAY CATCH OYSTER SPAT IN THE WATERS OF THE
STATE BY SUSPENDED MEANS SUCH AS CULTCH MATERIAL ON
STRINGS, TRAYS, BAGS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES, WHICH DO NOT
TOUCH THE BOTTOM AND DO NOT INTERFERE WITH NAVIGATION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsection (a) presently appears
as Article 66C, section 698 (a) of the Code,
as amended by Chapter 127, S.B. 737, Acts
of 1973. The next to last provision of
section 698(a) is proposed for deletion
since the substance of this provision is
set forth in part III of this subtitle.
Language is added to include other
instruments legal for catching oysters and
clams and for which a license may be
obtained.

Subsection (b) is derived from Article 66C,
section 13A(i) and is set forth here for
organizational purposes. Section 13A is
proposed for repeal in subtitle 2 of this
title.

Subsection (c) presently appears as Article
66C, section 698 (i) (1) of the Code.

The only other changes made are in style.

4-1006. CATCHING OYSTERS OR CLAMS IN CERTAIN AREAS
PROHIBITED.