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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 561

CHAPTER 561

(Senate Bill 704)

AN ACT concerning

Fish Resources - Endangered or Threatened Fish
Moratorium - Annual Report

FOR the purpose of requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources
to make an annual report to the General Assembly and to the
Governor on any certain endangered or threatened species of
fish on which the Secretary has declared a moratorium on
catching, sale, or possession; requiring the Secretary's
report to contain certain information; and generally
relating to the Secretary's annual report on endangered or
threatened fish subject to a moratorium.

BY adding to

Article - Natural Resources

Section 4-2A-04(g)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

4-2A-04.

(G) (1) FOR ANY ENDANGERED OR THREATENED SPECIES OF FISH
THAT THE SECRETARY HAS DETERMINED TO BE ENDANGERED OR THREATENED
UNDER SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION AND ON WHICH THE SECRETARY
HAS DECLARED A MORATORIUM ON CATCHING, SALE, OR POSSESSION, THE
SECRETARY SHALL MAKE AN ANNUAL STATUS REPORT ON OR BEFORE
DECEMBER 1 TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AS PROVIDED IN § 2-1312 OF
THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, AND TO THE GOVERNOR.

(2) THE SECRETARY'S REPORT SHALL CONTAIN:

(I)  FIELD STUDIES ON SPAWNING STOCK SIZE;

(II)  MEASUREMENT OF EGG DEPOSITION ON SPAWNING
GROUNDS;

(III)  MEASUREMENTS OF MORTALITY RATES OF FISH
EGGS, LARVAE, AND JUVENILES ON SPAWNING GROUNDS, NURSERY AREAS
AND SPAWNING RIVERS;