Ch. 83                                     2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

4-701.

(a)     This section applies to any person who is required under Subtitle 2, 7, 8, 9,
or 10 of this title to be licensed to guide fishing parties or to catch, sell, buy, process,
transport, export, or otherwise deal in fish caught in tidal waters.

(b)     (1) The Department shall utilize a single, commercial license, to be
known and designated as a tidal fish license.

(2)     A tidal fish license authorizes a licensee:

(i) To engage in each activity indicated on the license; and

(ii) For catching crabs, to utilize the number of crew members
indicated on the license.

(3)     Except for a person receiving a license under subsection (i)(2)(ii) of
this section, the Department may not issue a tidal fish license to an individual who is
younger than 14 years of age.

(4)     A person may not guide fishing parties or catch, sell, buy, process,
transport, export, or otherwise deal in fish caught in tidal waters unless licensed
under this section.

(c)      (1) The license year for every tidal fish license shall be 12 months from
September 1 through August 31 of the following year.

(2) A licensee and crew members may engage only in those activities for
which the annual fees for that license year have been paid.

(d)     (1) The Department may issue no more than one authorization to a
person to engage in each activity under paragraph (2)(ii)1 and 2 of this subsection
during a license year.

(2) (i) On a tidal fish license, the Department may issue an
authorization for any of the following activities for which the indicated fee has been
paid.

(ii) The following annual fees for an authorization shall apply
regardless of when the license is issued or an activity is authorized:

1. To provide services as:

A.      A fishing guide in the tidal waters of Maryland - $50 for a
resident and $100 for a nonresident; and

B.      A master fishing guide, in addition to the fee under item A
of this item — $50 per vessel

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