(I) MAY ISSUE A POWER DREDGE LICENSE ONLY TO THE HOLDER
OF AN OYSTER HARVESTER LICENSE; AND

(II) SHALL SUSPEND A PERSON'S OYSTER HARVESTER LICENSE ON
ISSUANCE OF A POWER DREDGE LICENSE UNTIL THE TIME THE HOLDER
SURRENDERS THE POWER DREDGE LICENSE TO THE DEPARTMENT.

(3) (I) IF A PERSON WANTS TO REOBTAIN THE PERSON'S PREVIOUSLY
VALID OYSTER HARVESTER LICENSE, THE PERSON SHALL RETURN THE PERSON'S
CURRENTLY VALID POWER DREDGING LICENSE TO THE DEPARTMENT.

(II) UPON RECEIPT OF THE POWER DREDGING LICENSE, THE
DEPARTMENT SHALL EXCHANGE, AT NO COST, THE POWER DREDGING LICENSE FOR
THE PERSON'S FORMER, CURRENTLY VALID OYSTER LICENSE.

(D) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH ZONES BY REGULATIONS WITHIN
THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN WHICH A PERSON MAY CATCH OYSTERS BY POWER
DREDGING ONLY DURING THE POWER DREDGING SEASON. THE POWER DREDGING
SEASON FOR OYSTERS SHALL RUN FROM NOVEMBER 1 TO MARCH 15 30 IN THE
WATERS OF THE STATE THAT LIE CONTIGUOUS TO DORCHESTER COUNTY,
BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT OF LAND AT PRY ISLAND, THEN
RUNNING COTERMINOUS WITH THE CRAB POT LINE TO THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT
OF LAND AT JAMES ISLAND, THEN TO THE LIGHTED BUOY AT KENWOOD BEACH, AT
LATITUDE 38 DEGREES 30 MINUTES, THEN TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

(E) (1) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF § 4-1008(A) OF THIS
SUBTITLE, A PERSON MAY NOT CATCH OYSTERS WITH A POWER DREDGING LICENSE:

(I) ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY; OR

(II) BEFORE SUNRISE OR AFTER 3:00 P.M. ON ANY DAY MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY; OR

(III) IN ANY AREA CLOSED TO HYDRAULIC CLAM DREDGING UNDER
§ 4-1006.1 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(2) IN ADDITION TO THE PROVISIONS OF § 4-1013(E) AND (F) OF THIS
SUBTITLE, A PERSON WHO HAS A POWER DREDGING LICENSE UNDER THIS SECTION:

(I) HAS A LIMIT OF 12 BUSHELS FOR EACH PERSON OR 24 BUSHELS
PER BOAT, WITH A LIMIT OF TWO LICENSED POWER DREDGERS PER BOAT; AND

(II) MAY USE ONLY A POWER DREDGE BAR THAT HAS A MINIMUM
SIZE OF 36 INCHES UP TO A MAXIMUM SIZE OF 42 INCHES.

(F) (1) THE SECRETARY MAY ADOPT REGULATIONS TO CARRY OUT THE
INTENT OF THIS SECTION.

(2) THE REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE SECRETARY MAY VARY THE
LIMITS ESTABLISHED UNDER SUBSECTION (E)(2)(I) OF THIS SECTION.