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Ch. 607
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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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CHAPTER 607
(House Bill 473)
AN ACT concerning
Natural Resources - Soft Crabs - Bycatch
FOR the purpose of requiring certain regulations adopted by the Department of
Natural Resources to establish a permissible bycatch for soft crabs to be no more
restrictive than the permissible bycatch for hard crabs and peeler crabs; creating
a certain exception to the prohibition against possessing a bycatch of undersized
soft crabs; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to adopt certain
regulations relating to a bycatch for soft crabs; making this Act an emergency
measure; and generally relating to catching or possessing soft crabs.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 4-809
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2005 Replacement Volume and 2006 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Natural Resources
4-809.
(a) A person may not catch or possess more than 10 hard crabs per bushel or
25 hard crabs per barrel which measure less than 5 inches across the shell from tip to
tip of spike.
(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person
may not catch or possess peeler crabs measuring less than 3 inches across the shell
from tip to tip of spike.
(2) A person may possess a bycatch of peeler crabs measuring less
than 3 inches across the shell from tip to tip of spike if the bycatch is not greater than:
(i) 30 per bushel; or
(ii) 60 per float.
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