Ch. 219

LAWS OF MARYLAND

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

Article - Natural Resources

4-1106.

(a)  The Department may transplant oysters, shells, or other
cultch from one closed area to another, transplant or otherwise
utilize within the State seed oysters produced on shells or other
cultch planted by the Department, or transplant or utilize any
other seed oyster which may accumulate on areas where seed
oysters are not likely to develop into desirable marketable
oysters.

(b)  (1) The Department shall have licensed oystermen in
each tidewater county of this State select a county committee of
five representative licensed tongers, who earn their livelihood
by catching oysters, to confer with the Department concerning
oyster propagation conducted by the Department in that county.
Each county committee shall elect a chairman to serve on a
statewide committee of oystermen to advise the Department on
statewide issues concerning oyster propagation.

(2)  A similar advisory committee that includes
licensed dredgers shall be selected to confer with the Department
concerning the propagation of oysters in the dredging areas. The
committee shall elect a chairman to serve on a statewide
committee of oystermen to advise the Department on statewide
issues concerning oyster propagation.

(3)  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL HAVE APPOINT 5
REPRESENTATIVE, LICENSED OYSTERMEN OF THIS STATE WHO EARN THEIR
LIVELIHOOD CATCHING OYSTERS BY USING DIVING APPARATUS SELECT AS A
COMMITTEE OF FIVE REPRESENTATIVE DIVERS TO CONFER WITH THE
DEPARTMENT CONCERNING OYSTER PROPAGATION CONDUCTED BY THE
DEPARTMENT IN THE AREAS OF THE STATE WHERE THE CATCHING OF
OYSTERS BY USING DIVING APPARATUS IS PERMITTED. THE COMMITTEE
SHALL SELECT A CHAIRMAN TO SERVE ON A STATEWIDE COMMITTEE OF
OYSTERMEN TO ADVISE THE DEPARTMENT ON STATEWIDE ISSUES CONCERNING
OYSTER PROPAGATION.

(4) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL APPOINT 5 REPRESENTATIVE,
LICENSED OYSTERMEN OF THIS STATE WHO EARN THEIR LIVELIHOOD
CATCHING OYSTERS BY USING PATENT TONGS AS A COMMITTEE TO CONFER
WITH THE DEPARTMENT CONCERNING OYSTER PROPAGATION CONDUCTED BY
THE DEPARTMENT IN THE AREAS OF THE STATE WHERE THE CATCHING OF
OYSTERS BY USING PATENT TONGS IS PERMITTED. THE COMMITTEE SHALL
SELECT A CHAIRMAN TO SERVE ON A STATEWIDE COMMITTEE OF OYSTERMEN
TO ADVISE THE DEPARTMENT ON STATEWIDE ISSUES CONCERNING OYSTER
PROPAGATION.

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