WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 184

(viii) Subject to the provisions of subparagraph (xi) of this paragraph,
for a resident to catch any fish in tidal waters by any methods which are lawful under
Subtitles 2, 7, 8, 9, and 10............................................................................................. $300

(ix) To buy, process, pack, resell, market, or otherwise deal in fish
caught in tidal waters, as required under Subtitles 7, 8, 9, and 10..............................$150

(x) To allow a commercial finfish licensee to place that license in an
inactive status.......................................................................................................................$5

(xi) To catch for sale striped bass with a license issued under
subparagraph (ii) and (viii) of this paragraph, the licensee shall pay a fee equal to the
difference between the annual fee of the applicable license and $250.

(2)     A person may not catch oysters for sale without possessing a valid
license under this section and paying an annual surcharge of $300 which shall be used by
the Department only for oyster repletion activities.

(3)     (i) Except in the issuance to a nonresident of a license to catch crabs
under § 4-804(c) of this title, the Department shall assess annually on every nonresident
license applicant for the applicant's fishing activities under Subtitles 7, 8, and 9 of this
title, in addition to the normal license fees imposed by this subsection, a surcharge which
cumulatively for the license year, shall be the greater of:

1.       An amount equal to the difference between the total fees
charged to a Maryland resident engaged in like fishing activities in the state of residence
of the nonresident applicant, and the total of normal license fees for fishing activities in
Maryland; or

2.       $350.

(ii) 1. In this paragraph, "fishing activities" means those activities
that are directly related to the harvesting of fish.

2. "Fishing activities" does not include the activities of buying,
selling, processing, transporting, exporting, or similarly dealing in fish.

(4)     The Department shall waive annual license fees for certain persons, as
follows:

(i) Persons who are State residents under 14 or over 64 years of age to
harvest crabs by trotline, trap, pound, scrape, or dip net;

(ii) Persons who are State residents over 64 years of age who have held
a crab pot license under paragraph (1)(iv) of this subsection for at least the 3 consecutive
years immediately before their application for a waiver to harvest crabs by using not more
than 50 pots;

(iii) Persons who are State residents over 64 years of age to harvest
oysters by handtong or handscrape in authorized areas;

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