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Ch. 578
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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1852
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(g) (1) "Dredge boat" means any sailboat which does not
have a screw, propeller, engine, turbine, or other device for
self-propulsion, used in catching oysters or clams by dredge.
(2) "DREDGE BOAT" INCLUDES, FOR PURPOSES OF § 4-1014
OF THIS SUBTITLE, ANY BOAT CAPABLE OF SELF-PROPULSION USED IN
CATCHING OYSTERS BY DREDGE.
4-1008.
(c) [A] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN § 4-1014 OF THIS SUBTITLE, A
person may [not] catch oysters by dredge in the waters of the
State where dredging is permitted [except] ONLY during the
dredging season from November 1 to March 15 of the following
year.
4-1013.
(c) (1) THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO § 4-1014 OF THIS
SUBTITLE.
(2) The owner, captain, master, or any crew member of
any boat capable of self-propulsion by any motor, turbine, or
other engine attached to the boat, may not have on board the
boat, or in tow, or permit on board or in tow, any scoop,
handscrape, dredge, or similar instrument used in dredging, or
any winch, spool, winder, or other tackle used in dredging,
unless the boat is licensed to dredge on leased land, or is
engaged in taking seed oysters under the surveillance and with
the permission of the Department. Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this subtitle, the Department may designate by rule
or regulation a period of time not to exceed two days in any one
week during which dredge boats licensed under the provisions of
this subtitle, may be propelled by means of the auxiliary yawl
boat carried on the dredge boat in the waters of the Chesapeake
Bay. The Department may prescribe the maximum daily limit on any
day.
4-1014.
(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY TO THE WATERS OF THE STATE
THAT LIE CONTIGUOUS TO SOMERSET COUNTY IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.
(B) (1) A PERSON SHALL BE LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE
THE PERSON MAY CATCH OYSTERS WITH A POWER DREDGE IN THE WATERS OF
THE STATE THAT LIE CONTIGUOUS TO SOMERSET COUNTY, AS DESCRIBED IN
SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION.
(2) THE FEE FOR A POWER DREDGING LICENSE IS $50,
WHICH IS A SEPARATE LICENSE IN ADDITION TO AN OYSTER HARVESTER
LICENSE.
(C) A PERSON MAY NOT HOLD AN OYSTER HARVESTER LICENSE AND A
POWER DREDGE LICENSE SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE DEPARTMENT MAY ISSUE A
POWER DREDGE LICENSE ONLY TO THE HOLDER OF AN OYSTER HARVESTER
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