Ch. 184                                        1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article—Natural Resources

4-814.

(A)     A PERSON AUTHORIZED TO CATCH CRABS FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES
MAY NOT SET OR FISH MORE THAN 300 CRAB POTS UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY CREW
MEMBERS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE PERSON'S TIDAL FISH LICENSE.

(B)     THE LICENSEE MAY SET AND FISH 300 ADDITIONAL CRAB POTS FOR EACH
ADDITIONAL CREW MEMBER AUTHORIZED BY THE LICENSEE BUT NOT MORE THAN
600 ADDITIONAL CRAB POTS REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF CREW MEMBERS AND
NOT MORE THAN 900 POTS PER BOAT.

4-814.

(A)     EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, A PERSON
AUTHORIZED TO CATCH CRABS FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES MAY NOT SET OR FISH
MORE THAN 300 CRAB POTS.

(B)     FOR THE LICENSE YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 1994, A LICENSEE WHO HELD
A VALID LICENSE TO CATCH CRABS FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES ON APRIL 1, 1994
MAY SET AND FISH 300 ADDITIONAL CRAB POTS FOR EACH ADDITIONAL CREW
MEMBER AUTHORIZED ON THE LICENSE, BUT MAY NOT SET MORE THAN 600
ADDITIONAL CRAB POTS, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF CREW MEMBERS, AND
MAY NOT SET MORE THAN 900 POTS PER BOAT.

(C)     (1) AFTER AUGUST 31, 1994, AN AUTHORIZATION GRANTED UNDER
SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION TO EMPLOY ONE OR TWO ADDITIONAL CREW
MEMBERS AND THEREBY FISH ADDITIONAL CRAB POTS, SHALL RUN WITH THAT
LICENSE UNTIL THE LICENSE IS REVOKED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR RELINQUISHED
VOLUNTARILY BY THE LICENSEE.

(2) AN AUTHORIZATION GRANTED UNDER SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS
SECTION SHALL TRANSFER WITH THE LICENSE IN ANY VALID TRANSFER UNDER
SUBTITLE 7 OF THIS TITLE.

(D)     (1) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DETERMINE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
ADDITIONAL CREW AUTHORIZATIONS GRANTED UNDER SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS
SECTION.

(2) WHEN A LICENSE IS REVOKED OR VOLUNTARILY RELINQUISHED,
THE DEPARTMENT MAY AWARD THE UNUSED CREW AUTHORIZATION TO ANOTHER
LICENSEE UNDER CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES TO BE PROMULGATED AS
REGULATIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDED THAT THE NUMBER OF CREW
AUTHORIZATIONS IN USE MAY NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL NUMBER GRANTED UNDER
SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION AS OF AUGUST 31, 1994.

SECTION 3. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Department of
Natural Resources may not issue a new license under § 4-701(d)(2)(i) or (ii) of the
Natural Resources Article, as amended by Section 1 of this Act until September 1, 1996,
except that a person who, prior to April 1, 1994, was on the 2-year delay list under §

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