WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 785

(4) Violate any regulation pertaining to the
conservation of the species or to any threatened species of
wildlife listed pursuant to this subsection and adopted by the
Secretary pursuant to authority provided by this section.

(d)  Except as provided in subsection (f), with respect to
any endangered species of fish, no person may:

(1)  Export the species from the State;

(2)  Possess, process, sell, offer for sale, deliver,
carry, transport, or ship the species by any means; or

(3)  Violate any regulation pertaining to the species
or to any threatened species of fish listed pursuant to §
4-2A-04(f) and adopted by the Secretary.

(e)  If any endangered species of fish which enters the
State from another state or from a point outside the territorial
limits of the United States and which is being transported to a
point within or beyond the State may be so entered and
transported without restriction in accordance with the terms of
any federal permit or permit issued under the laws or regulations
of another state.

(f)(1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE
[The] Secretary may issue a permit, under the terms and
conditions he prescribes, to allow any act otherwise prohibited
by subsections (c) and (d) for scientific purposes, to enhance
the propagation or survival of the affected species, [or] AND ON
OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1990, for aquaculture involving the affected
species in nontidal ponds, lakes, or impoundments.

(2) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (1),
ON OR AFTER JUNE 1, 1989, THE SECRETARY MAY ISSUE A PERMIT TO
ALLOW THE PURCHASE OF STRIPED BASS OR STRIPED BASS HYBRID FROM
OUT-OF-STATE SOURCES FOR POSSESSION AND RAISING IN AQUACULTURE
OPERATIONS IN NONTIDAL PONDS, LAKES, OR IMPOUNDMENTS IN THE
STATE.

4-2A-08.

(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.

[(4) A person who holds a permit issued by the
Secretary under § 4-2A-05(f) for aquaculture of striped bass or
hybrids of striped bass may possess, raise, store, process, and

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