3004                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                                      Ch. 643

FOR the purpose of providing that if the species of fish known as
striped bass is listed as threatened or endangered under the
Endangered Species of Fish Conservation Act, certain
prohibitions of that Act shall apply to that fish whether or
not the fish were taken lawfully in another state; providing
that striped bass from another state may be possessed for
purposes of transportation through this State under certain
circumstances; and making this Act an emergency measure and
providing that striped bass or hybrids of striped bass
lawfully taken in another state or in waters within the
jurisdiction of the Potomac River Fisheries Commission may
be possessed, stored, and processed in conjunction with
transportation through the State by a person possessing a
certain license.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

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Section 4-2A-08

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:

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4-2A-08.

(a) [The] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS
SECTION, THE provisions of this subtitle do not prohibit:

(1)  Importation into the State of fish which may be
lawfully imported into the United States or lawfully taken and
removed from another state; or

(2)  Entry into this State or the possession,
transportation, exportation, processing, sale, offer for sale, or
shipment of any fish which is designated an endangered or
threatened species in this State but not in the state where
originally taken, if the person engaging in the activity
demonstrates by substantial evidence that the fish was lawfully
taken and lawfully removed from the state of origin.

(B) (1) IF THE SPECIES OF FISH KNOWN AS STRIPED BASS OR
ROCKFISH, INCLUDING HYBRIDS THEREOF, IS LISTED AS THREATENED OR
ENDANGERED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE, ALL
PROHIBITIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE SHALL APPLY TO ANY STRIPED BASS OR
HYBRID LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE WHETHER OR NOT THE FISH MAY HAVE
BEEN TAKEN LAWFULLY IN ANOTHER STATE , EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED IN
THIS SUBSECTION. HOWEVER,