2076

LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 327

of articles used in violation of this Act; and
generally relating to the conservation and
protection of endangered species of fish.

BY repealing

Article - Natural Resources

Section 4—210

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1974 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article — Natural Resources

Section 4-2A01 through 4-2A09, inclusive, to be
under the new subtitle "2A. The Endangered
Species of Fish Conservation Act"

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 4-210 of Article - Natural
Resources, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1974 Volume
and 1974 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed:

Article — Natural Resources

[4-210.

(a) The General Assembly finds that certain fish
are endangered and are entitled to preservation and
protection as a matter of general State concern. The
Federal Endangered Species Act of 1969, 16 U.S.C. §
668AA-1 et seq., and the Lacey Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 42-44,
together provide for protection of fish threatened with
worldwide extinction by prohibiting importation of
endangered fish, and by restricting and regulating
interstate and foreign commerce in fish caught in
violation of State, federal, and foreign laws. The
states, however, also must assume responsibility to
conserve endangered fish by restricting the catching,
possessing, transporting, processing, or selling
endangered fish within their respective jurisdictions to
assure continued survival and propagation of endangered
fish for the aesthetic, recreational, and scientific
purposes of future generations. The General Assembly
finds that by eliminating the catching, possessing,
transporting, processing or selling endangered species of
fish in the State, and by establishing a program for
conservation and restoration of these endangered species,
their potential for continued existence can be