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2978
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Ch. 747
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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resources police officer, law enforcement officer, or
duly authorized employee of the Department.
4-1012.
(a) [Any boat licensed to catch oysters by dredge
under the provisions of this subtitle may be used] A
PERSON MAY NOT CATCH OYSTERS BY DREDGE in the FOLLOWING
AREAS OF THE Chesapeake Bay [except in the following
waters]: the area bounded by a line drawn from Lowes
Point to Bloody Point Lighthouse then to the northern end
of Poplar Island; then southerly around the westerly
shore of Poplar Island to the southwesterly most point;
then running in a straight line to the Department marker
on the northern shore of Pawpaw Cove which area shall be
reserved for catching of oysters with shaft tongs only;
all the area lying within one-fourth mile of the western
shore of Poplar Island; all the area within one-half mile
of Plum Point; all the area within one and one—half miles
of Sandy Point, Hackett Point, Tolly Point, and Thomas
Point within Anne Arundel County waters; and the
following oyster bars: Holland Point, Three Sisters,
Parkers Rock including Bay Shore and Long Oyster Bars,
Flagpond, Swan Point, Hickory Thickett, Entrance Lump,
White Marsh, Gum Spring, Huntingfield, Windmill Flats,
and Muddy Drain; as defined by the charts of the Oyster
Survey of 1906 to 1912, and its amendments.
(b) [Any boat licensed to] A PERSON MAY NOT catch
oysters by dredge EXCEPT [shall take oysters only] in the
following waters:
(1) Dorchester County. The area bounded as
follows: beginning at Crab Point in Honga River, then
proceeding in a straight line to the most easterly point
on Lower Hooper Island to the Dorchester County Line,
then following the shore line to Richland Point, then in
a straight line southerly to Oakanhanikan Point, then
following the north shore line of Bloodsworth Island to
Tigs Point, then in a northeasterly direction to Bishop
Head Point, then along the shore to Crab Point, and then
to the place of beginning.
(2) Dorchester and Talbot counties. All that
portion of the Choptank River within an area bounded as
follows: beginning at the Department marker on Upper Bar
Neck, Tilghman Island; then proceeding in a straight line
easterly to Benoni Lighthouse; then in a straight line
easterly to Chlora Point; then in along the shore
easterly to Howell Point; then southerly across the
Choptank River to Horn Point; then westerly in a straight
line to Castlehaven Point; then westerly in a straight
line to Todd Point; then westerly in a straight line to
Cook Point; along the shore to Hill's Point; then in a
straight line to James' Point on James' Island; then in a
straight line to Sharp's Island Lighthouse; then in a
straight line to Blackwalnut Point; then along the shore
to the Department marker, the point of the beginning.
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