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851
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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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4-1012.
(a) A person may not catch oysters by dredge in the
following areas of the Chesapeake Bay: the area bounded by a line
drawn from Lowes Point [to Bloody Point Lighthouse then to the
northern end of Poplar Island;] TOWARDS THE BLOODY POINT
LIGHTHOUSE FOR A DISTANCE OF 1.8 MILES, AND THEN DIRECT TO NORTH
POINT ON 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.] 2-9, 2-10,
5-1, 5-2, 5-3A, 5-3B, 8-2, 8-6, AND 8-9, AS DEFINED BY THE CHARTS
OF THE OYSTER SURVEY OF 1906 TO 1912, AND ITS AMENDMENTS.
(b) A person may not catch oysters by dredge except in the
following waters:
(4) Talbot County. [The waters lying between a line
drawn from Lows Point to Bloody Point Lighthouse and a line drawn
from Wades Point Farmhouse to Wades Point bell buoy and then from
Wades Point bell buoy to Second Kent or Long Point.] THE WATERS
BAYWARD OF A LINE BEGINNING AT KENT POINT AND FOLLOWING THE
TERRITORIAL COUNTY LINE IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION TO WHERE IT
INTERCEPTS THE QUEEN ANNE'S-TALBOT COUNTY LINE; THEN FOLLOWING
THE COUNTY LINE NORTHEASTERLY TO THE POINT WHERE A STRAIGHT LINE
DRAWN FROM LONG POINT TO THE WADES POINT BELL BUOY INTERSECTS THE
COUNTY LINE; FROM THERE IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION TO THE WADES
POINT BELL BUOY; AND THEN DIRECT TO WADES POINT BELL BUOY; AND
THEN DIRECT TO WADES POINT; THEN FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE TO LOWES
POINT; AND THEN DIRECT TOWARDS THE BLOODY POINT LIGHTHOUSE FOR A
DISTANCE OF 1.8 MILES; AND THEN DIRECT TO NORTH POINT ON POPLAR
ISLAND.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1983.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety and having
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of
all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its
passage.
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