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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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issue a license to the applicant by mail. The court clerk shall
forward monthly to the Department the license fees received from
applicants for deposit to the credit of the Fisheries Research
and Development Fund.
(g) A person shall possess the appropriate license when
catching, or attempting to catch, oysters or clams for commercial
purposes in the waters of the State, and. upon demand, shall
exhibit the license to any natural resources police officer, law
enforcement officer, or duly authorized employee of the
Department.]
4-1013.
(a) Any person WHO OWNS OR IS IN CHARGE OF OPERATING
[aboard] any dredge boat [always] shall have [an oyster] A
license TO CATCH OYSTERS BY DREDGE BOAT [on board the boat and
exhibit it upon demand of any natural resources police officer or
any law enforcement officer]. [These licenses are issued to the
boat and are interchangeable between those required to have the
license but in no event may there be less licenses than persons
aboard the boat.]
(c) 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] PERMITTED BY THE DEPARTMENT 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.
(d) The owner, captain, master, or any crew member of any
boat may not catch oysters by scoop, handscrape, or dredge, or
permit oysters to be caught by scoop, handscrape, or dredge, on
any land in the State leased for cultivating oysters unless the
boat is [licensed] PERMITTED by the Department for dredging on
leased land, and the owner, captain, or master of the boat has on
board the written consent of the lessee or tenant of the leased
land from which any oysters are caught.
4-1017.
(a) Unless a [dealer's] license first is obtained from the
Department, a person may not (1) have a fixed place of business
buying oysters and employing labor to prepare them for market, or
(2) buy more than 25 bushels of oysters from a person who catches
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