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2007 Laws of Maryland
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(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, EXCEPT § 4-1002 OF
THIS TITLE, once a fishery management plan has been adopted by regulation, the
State's fishery resources shall be harvested in accordance with the conservation and
management measures in the fishery management plan and any regulations
implementing or amending that plan.
4-1002.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS TITLE, A PERSON
MAY NOT CATCH OR ATTEMPT TO CATCH CLAMS OR OYSTERS BY POWER
DREDGE, HYDRAULIC CLAM DREDGE, OR OTHER MECHANICAL MEANS IN THE
ATLANTIC COASTAL BAYS, AS DEFINED IN § 8-1802 OF THIS ARTICLE.
4- 1012.
(a) A person may not catch oysters by dredge in the ATLANTIC COASTAL
BAYS, AS DEFINED IN § 8-1802 OF THIS ARTICLE, OR IN THE following areas of the
Chesapeake Bay: the area bounded by a line drawn from Lowes Point towards the
Bloody Point Lighthouse for a distance of 1.8 miles, and then direct to North Point on
Poplar Island; then southerly around the westerly shore of Poplar Island to the
southwesterly most point; then running in a straight line to the Department marker
on the northern shore of Pawpaw Cove which area shall be reserved for catching of
oysters with shaft tongs only; all the area lying within one-fourth mile of the western
shore of Poplar Island; all the area within one-half mile of Plum Point; all the area
within one and one-half miles of Sandy Point, Hackett Point, Tolly Point, and Thomas
Point within Anne Arundel County waters; and the following oyster bars: 2-9, 2-10,
5-1, 5-2, 5-3A, 5-3B, 8-2, 8-6, and 8-9, as defined by the charts of the Oyster Survey
of 1906 to 1912, and its amendments.
4-1021.1.
A PERSON MAY NOT CATCH HARD-SHELL CLAMS BY HYDRAULIC CLAM
DREDGE OR OTHER MECHANICAL MEANS IN THE ATLANTIC COASTAL BAYS, AS
DEFINED IN § 8-1802 OF THIS ARTICLE.
4-1037.
A person may not catch or attempt to catch soft-shell clams with a hydraulic
clam dredge or any other gear except hand-held tools, such as shovels and hoes, in the
following areas:
(1) Within 150 feet of a natural oyster bar or area leased under the
provisions of Subtitle 11 and marked as required by that subtitle;
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