WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 534

(iii) Comply with the appropriate provisions of
this article.

(3)  The license fee shall be $25 a year, and these
fees shall be credited to the Fisheries Research and Development
Fund of the Department.

(4)  The license shall be restricted to the leased
oyster ground under the written authorization of the lessee.

(5)  The Department may cancel the license at any time
if cancellation is for the benefit of:

(i) Conservation;

(ii) The proper cultivation of oysters; and

(iii) Residents of the State.

[4-1117.] 4-11A-14.

(a)  To enable private planters more effectively to compete
for seed oysters and more economically produce oysters through
cleaning of grounds, a person may dredge by power boat on grounds
he leases for cultivation of oysters in the Wicomico and
Nanticoke rivers in Wicomico County.

(b)  Notwithstanding the licensing provisions in Subtitle
10, a person desiring to dredge on leased grounds first shall
obtain from the Department a special permit for the dredge boat.
The fee for this special permit is $15.

(c)  A holder of a permit may dredge on any day except
Sunday. Notice of intention to dredge shall be given in writing
to every leasehold owner adjoining the leasehold area to be
dredged.

(d)  Before dredging, the leasehold area to be dredged shall
be marked with a stake at each corner. Between each corner and
along the boundary of the leasehold area, line stakes shall be
placed at 100 foot intervals.

(e)  In addition to any other penalty imposed by this title,
any captain of a boat convicted of having an unlicensed dredge on
board while in a leasehold area may not dredge under his license
for at least one year after the date of the conviction.

[4-1118.] 4-11A-15.

(a) (1) A person, other than the lessee, may not willfully
and without authority catch oysters on any leased oyster bottom,
or willfully destroy or transfer oysters on this land in any
manner.

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