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2007 Laws of Maryland
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Ch. 607
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(3) In determining the number of peelers measuring less than 3 inches
across the shell from tip to tip of the spike, the Department shall select the minimum
number of bushels or floats necessary to be representative of the person's catch.
(c) (1) [A] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, A person may not catch or possess soft crabs measuring less than three
and one-half inches across the shell from tip to tip of the spike.
(2) (I) THIS PARAGRAPH APPLIES UNTIL THE DEPARTMENT
ADOPTS REGULATIONS UNDER PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION.
(II) A PERSON MAY POSSESS A BYCATCH OF SOFT CRABS
MEASURING LESS THAN THREE AND ONE-HALF INCHES ACROSS THE SHELL
FROM TIP TO TIP OF THE SPIKE IF THE BYCATCH IS NOT GREATER THAN ONE
UNDERSIZED SOFT CRAB PER DOZEN SOFT CRABS POSSESSED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT IF THE BYCATCH IS NOT
GREATER THAN ONE UNDERSIZED SOFT CRAB PER DOZEN SOFT CRABS
POSSESSED.
(3) (I) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS
ESTABLISHING AND GOVERNING A PERMISSIBLE BYCATCH FOR SOFT CRABS
UNDER THIS SUBSECTION.
(II) THE REGULATIONS THAT THE DEPARTMENT ADOPTS
UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH MAY NOT BE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THE
APPLICABLE RESTRICTIONS ON THE PERMISSIBLE BYCATCH FOR HARD CRABS
AND PEELER CRABS.
(d) In the waters of Worcester County, a person may not catch, possess, or
keep in floats any fat crabs, or any crab known as snot crab, green crab, or buckram
crab.
(e) The minimum size of crabs does not apply to mature female crabs,
identified by the rounded apron.
(f) The provisions of subsection (a) do not. apply to crabs imported into
Maryland during the closed season for catching crabs if the person possessing the
imported crabs has a certificate of origin.
(g) Once taken, peelers shall be kept separate from other crabs.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, on or before October 1,
2007, the Department of Natural Resources shall adopt regulations establishing and
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