MARVIN MANDEL,

Governor

395

(1)    Shaft or hand tongs $25 for each person
to catch oysters tonging or employed

on a tong boat

(2)    Shaft or hand tongs, $15 for each person
or rakes to catch operating tongs or
clams                                          rake or employed on

a tong boat

(3)   Patent tongs to catch $50 for each person
oysters, or                             tonging or employed
diving apparatus on a patent tong boat,

which license shall
also allow catching
of oysters by shaft
[or] tongs or diving
apparatus

(4)    Patent tongs to catch $25 for each person
clams                                          tonging or employed

on a patent tong
boat

(5)   Dredge or handscrape $100 for each dredge
to catch oysters or handscrape

operated

(6)    Dredge or handscrape $50 for each dredge
to catch clams                      or handscrape

operated

(7)    Hydraulic dredge to $100 for each dredge
catch clams of any operated

species

4-1005.

(a)    A person may catch oysters or clams in the
waters of the State only by HAND, rakes, tongs, patent
tongs, DIVING APPARATUS, 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,

4-1006.

(c) During the open season for migratory WILD
waterfowl, a person may not catch oysters in Charles
County within 500 yards of any stationary blind or blind
site which is occupied and is being used for hunting
migratory WILD waterfowl.

4-1033.

(b)    (1) The Department shall adopt rules and
regulations governing licensing of persons buying,
selling, shipping, transporting, or otherwise dealing in
soft—shell clams, and the methods by which they may do