WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                    Ch. 472

County and Harford County; providing for the catching of
fish other than carp and for the setting and attendance of
certain nets under this Act; allowing a person in the
Gunpowder River in Baltimore County and Harford County to
catch carp at certain times under certain conditions;
authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to adopt
certain regulations; and generally relating to fishing for
carp and catfish in Baltimore County and Harford County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural   Resources

Sections 4-713(i)   and 4-715(f)

Annotated Code of  Maryland

(1983 Replacement  Volume and 1986 Supplement)

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

Article - Natural Resources

4-713.

(i) (1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, [A] a person may not fish with a haul seine during
the period from Friday midnight until sunrise on Monday in the
tidal waters of the State.

(2) (I) IN BALTIMORE COUNTY AND HARFORD COUNTY, ON
PRIOR NOTIFICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT A PERSON MAY CATCH CARP ON
WEEKENDS DURING THE PERIOD FROM FRIDAY MIDNIGHT UNTIL SUNRISE ON
MONDAY, EXCEPT IN AREAS WHERE IT IS PROHIBITED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

(II) EXCEPT IN AREAS WHERE IT IS PROHIBITED BY
THE DEPARTMENT, A PERSON MAY SET A LICENSED HAUL SEINE AT A
DISTANCE GREATER THAN ONE-THIRD THE DISTANCE ACROSS A RIVER,
CREEK, COVE, OR INLET IN ANY OF THE TRIBUTARY WATERS OF BALTIMORE
COUNTY OR HARFORD COUNTY ONLY TO CATCH CARP AND CATFISH,
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SUBTITLE REGARDING
THE DISTANCE ACROSS WHICH A HAUL SEINE MAY BE SET. A PERSON MAY
NOT SET THE NET LICENSED HAUL SEINE TO IMPEDE OR OBSTRUCT
NAVIGATION OR BLOCK IN ANY WAY THE MAIN CHANNEL OF THE RIVER,
CREEK, COVE, OR INLET. ANY PERSON WHO CATCHES FISH OF A VARIETY
OTHER THAN CARP OR CATFISH IN ANY NET LICENSED HAUL SEINE SHALL
RETURN THEM IMMEDIATELY TO THE WATER UNHARMED. A PERSON ALWAYS
SHALL ATTEND A NET LICENSED HAUL SEINE FOR CATCHING CARP OR
CATFISH. ANY PERSON WHOSE NET LICENSED HAUL SEINE IS FOUND MORE
THAN ONE-THIRD THE DISTANCE ACROSS THE WATERS WHERE IT IS SET
WITHOUT A PERSON IN ATTENDANCE IS GUILTY OF VIOLATING THIS
SUBSECTION.

(III) THE DEPARTMENT, BY REGULATION:

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