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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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CHAPTER 329
(Senate Bill 353)
AN ACT concerning
Crab Pots - Dorchester and Somerset Counties -
Allowances and Restrictions
FOR the purpose of specifying certain areas in the waters of the
Chesapeake Bay in Dorchester and Somerset counties where a
person may and may not set crab pots.
BY adding to
Article - Natural Resources
Section 4-812
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1982 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Natural Resources
4-812.
(A) A PERSON MAY SET CRAB POTS IN THE WATERS OF TANGIER
SOUND, INCLUDING KEDGES STRAITS AND THE SOMERSET COUNTY WATERS OF
HOLLAND STRAITS, SOUTH OF A LINE RUNNING FROM LOWER ISLAND POINT
ON BLOODSWORTH ISLAND, FOLLOWING THE DORCHESTER-SOMERSET COUNTY
LINE TO ITS JUNCTION WITH COUNTY LINE BUOY A; THENCE IN A
NORTHERLY DIRECTION TOWARD SHARKFIN SHOAL LIGHT TO ITS JUNCTION
WITH A STRAIGHT LINE RUNNING FROM RANGE MARKER AA NORTHEASTERLY
TO RANGE MARKER BB AND THE DORCHESTER-SOMERSET COUNTY LINE;
THENCE IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE STRAIGHT LINE
RUNNING FROM RANGE MARKER AA NORTHEASTERLY TO RANGE MARKER BB AND
THE DORCHESTER-SOMERSET COUNTY LINE TO ITS JUNCTION WITH A LINE
RUNNING FROM THE FORMER DWELLING OF THOMAS TIGNER NEAR HAINES
POINT TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY MOST POINT OF LAND ON CLAY ISLAND,
PROVIDED THAT NO CRAB POTS BE SET IN WATER THAT IS LESS THAN 4
FEET DEEP AT MEAN LOW TIDE.
(B) A PERSON MAY NOT SET CRAB POTS IN THE DORCHESTER COUNTY
WATERS OF HOLLAND STRAITS.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1983.
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