TITLE 4 - FISH AND FISHERIES
- Subtitle 1
- Subtitle 2 - Organization and Authority of Department Pertaining to Fish and Fisheries - In General
- Section 4-201 - [Repealed].
- Section 4-202 - Responsibility of Secretary - In general.
- Section 4-203 - Transfer of jurisdiction of Department of Game and Inland Fish and Fish and Wildlife Administration to Department.
- Section 4-204 - Department advisory commissions.
- Section 4-205 - General powers, duties, and responsibilities of Department.
- Section 4-205.1 - Secretary's authority over the possession, importation, or transportation of nonnative aquatic organism.
- Section 4-206 - Department's authority over packers and dealers in resources generally; revealing information in reports prohibited.
- Section 4-207 - Assent to Public Law 681, 81st Congress.
- Section 4-208 - State Fisheries Management and Protection Fund.
- Section 4-209 - Fisheries Research and Development Fund.
- Section 4-210 - Fishing guides [Subject to amendment effective January 1, 2011].
- Section 4-210.1 - Freshwater fishing guides.
- Section 4-210.2 - Maryland Provisional Chesapeake Bay Charter Boat Permit.
- Section 4-211 - Taxidermist and fur-tanning license.
- Section 4-212 - Certificates permitting collection of fish, fish eggs, crustaceans, or mollusks for scientific purposes; regulations; effect of subtitle on authority of Secretary of Health.
- Section 4-213 - Submerged aquatic vegetation - Removal or eradication.
- Section 4-213.1 - Impact of recreational watercraft activities on submerged aquatic vegetation.
- Section 4-214 - Free fishing days [Subject to amendment effective January 1, 2011].
- Section 4-215 - Fishery management plans.
- Section 4-215.1 - Closure of State waters for finfishing.
- Section 4-215.2 - Yellow perch conservation.
- Section 4-215.3 - Legislative findings and intent.
- Section 4-215.4 - [Repealed].
- Section 4-216 - Consolidated senior sport fishing licenses [Subject to amendment effective January 1, 2011].
- Section 4-217 - Fishing licenses - Disability exemption [Subject to amendment effective January 1, 2011].
- Section 4-218 - Snapping turtles - Rules and regulations.
- Section 4-219 - Regulations.
- Section 4-220 - Recreational fishing license.
- Subtitle 2A - The Endangered Species of Fish Conservation Act
- Subtitle 3 - Interstate Compacts Concerning Fish and Fisheries and Related Laws
- Section 4-301 - Terms [Subject to contingent amendment].
- Section 4-302 - Maryland membership.
- Section 4-303 - Powers granted Commission and commissioners; State policy to carry out Compact; powers are supplemental.
- Section 4-304 - Accounting and reporting by Commission; duty of Comptroller.
- Section 4-305 - State appropriations for expenses of Commission.
- Section 4-306 - Terms [Section subject to contingent amendment].
- Section 4-307 - Powers of Potomac River Fisheries Commission.
- Subtitle 4 - State Fish Refuges and Hatcheries in Tidal and Nontidal Water
- Section 4-401 - Acquisition of areas of water or land for State fish refuges; exception in Allegany and Garrett counties.
- Section 4-402 - Title and control of areas of water or land; expenditures for acquisition.
- Section 4-403 - Sale and exchange of areas of water or land.
- Section 4-404 - Use of areas of water or land; appointment of caretakers.
- Section 4-405 - State fish refuges.
- Section 4-406 - Leased areas of water or land.
- Section 4-407 - Rules and regulations for use, etc., of fish refuges.
- Section 4-408 - Department may erect and maintain hatcheries, etc., to propagate fish.
- Section 4-409 - Department may take game and freshwater fish for management purposes.
- Section 4-410 - Trespassing on fish refuges or lands controlled by Department.
- Section 4-411 - [Abrogated].
- Subtitle 5 - Obstructing the Passage of Fish; Interference With Nets and Fishing, and Other Prohibitions Generally
- Section 4-501 - Obstructing passage of fish prohibited.
- Section 4-502 - Fish ladders for dams on waters of State.
- Section 4-503 - Dynamiting streams prohibited; exception; penalty.
- Section 4-504 - Threshing streams prohibited; exception in Kent and Queen Anne's counties.
- Section 4-505 - Removing fish, nets, or gear of another prohibited.
- Section 4-506 - Interference with fishing nets and stakes prohibited.
- Section 4-506.1 - Intentional disruption of lawful fishing activity prohibited.
- Section 4-507 - Obstruction to fishery; interference with haul seine.
- Section 4-508 - Vessel intentionally passing through nets prohibited; penalty.
- Section 4-509 - Use of electronic and electrical devices prohibited; exception; penalty.
- Section 4-510 - Use of spearguns.
- Section 4-511 - Interference with State buoys, markers, or monuments prohibited.
- Section 4-512 - Fishing near blind during migratory waterfowl season prohibited.
- Section 4-513 - Maintenance of water quality and aquatic habitat below dam.
- Section 4-514 - Interference with commercial fishing equipment.
- Subtitle 6 - Licensing, Regulation and Supervision of Fishing and Fisheries in Nontidal Waters
- Section 4-601 - "Angling" defined.
- Section 4-602 - Rules and regulations affecting fish in nontidal waters.
- Section 4-603 - Seasons to catch fish from nontidal waters.
- Section 4-604 - Angler's license - In general.
- Section 4-605 - [Repealed].
- Section 4-606 - Reciprocal angler's license for residents of Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
- Section 4-607 - Complimentary license.
- Section 4-608 - Fees to be credited to State Fisheries Management and Protection Fund; accounting to State Treasurer.
- Section 4-609 - Lost license.
- Section 4-610 - Duty to possess and show license when angling.
- Section 4-611 - Sale of licenses by persons engaged in retail business.
- Section 4-612 - Inadvertent violation of § 4-610 of this subtitle.
- Section 4-613 - Confiscation of license.
- Section 4-614 - Trout stamps [Subject to amendment effective January 1, 2011].
- Section 4-615 - [Repealed].
- Section 4-616 - Sizes and creel limits.
- Section 4-617 - Restrictions on fishing in nontidal waters.
- Section 4-618 - Use of fishnets by nonresidents prohibited.
- Section 4-619 - Use of certain equipment - Prohibited.
- Section 4-620 - Use of certain equipment - Exceptions.
- Section 4-621 - to 4-624. [Redesignated].
- Section 4-625 - Restrictions pertaining to Deep Creek Lake.
- Section 4-626 - [Repealed].
- Section 4-627 - Compliance with subtitle and regulations.
- Subtitle 7 - Licensing, Regulation, and Supervision of Fishing and Fisheries in Tidal Waters
- Section 4-701 - Tidal fish license.
- Section 4-701.1 - Tidal Fish License Apprenticeship Program.
- Section 4-702 - Commercial activity involving finfish or shellfish.
- Section 4-703 - [Repealed].
- Section 4-704 - License to catch finfish.
- Section 4-704.1 - License to catch striped bass.
- Section 4-705 - License renewal or expiration during armed forces service or war emergency.
- Section 4-706 - [Repealed].
- Section 4-708 - Operation when license suspended or revoked.
- Section 4-709 - [Abrogated].
- Section 4-710 - Prohibitions and restrictions on methods of fishing generally.
- Section 4-711 - Regulation of pound or fyke nets.
- Section 4-712 - Rights of riparian owners relating to nets or haul seines.
- Section 4-713 - Use of haul seines generally.
- Section 4-714 - Fishing restrictions - Anne Arundel County.
- Section 4-715 - Fishing restrictions - Baltimore County.
- Section 4-716 - Fishing restrictions - Caroline County.
- Section 4-717 - Fishing restrictions - Cecil County.
- Section 4-718 - Fishing restrictions - Charles County.
- Section 4-719 - Fishing restrictions - Dorchester County.
- Section 4-720 - Fishing restrictions - Cecil and Harford counties.
- Section 4-721 - Fishing restrictions - Harford County.
- Section 4-722 - Fishing restrictions - Kent County.
- Section 4-723 - Fishing restrictions - St. Mary's County.
- Section 4-724 - Fishing restrictions - Somerset County.
- Section 4-725 - Fishing restrictions - Talbot County.
- Section 4-726 - [Repealed].
- Section 4-727 - Fishing restrictions - Worcester County.
- Section 4-728 - Fishing restrictions - Chesapeake Bay.
- Section 4-729 - Fishing restrictions - Choptank River.
- Section 4-730 - Fishing restrictions - Patuxent River.
- Section 4-731 - Sale, purchase, or transportation of striped bass or rockfish.
- Section 4-732 - Department may prohibit fishing during spawning season of striped bass.
- Section 4-733 - Possession of fish whose size or weight cannot be determined.
- Section 4-734 - Legal size of certain fish.
- Section 4-735 - Fishing restrictions - Black bass and chain pickerel.
- Section 4-736 - Fishing restrictions - Eels.
- Section 4-737 - [Repealed].
- Section 4-738 - Fishing restrictions - Snapping turtles.
- Section 4-739 - Fishing restrictions - Sturgeon.
- Section 4-740 - Fishing restrictions - Walleyed pike.
- Section 4-741 - Carrying domestic animals on boats transporting shellfish commercially prohibited.
- Section 4-742 - Restrictions on taking of shellfish from polluted waters.
- Section 4-743 - Quarantine of shellfish.
- Section 4-744 - Synopsis of laws and chart of restricted waters.
- Section 4-745 - Chesapeake Bay sport fishing license [Subject to amendment effective January 1, 2011].
- Section 4-745.1 - [Repealed].
- Section 4-745.2 - [Repealed].
- Section 4-746 - Annual survey of striped bass.
- Subtitle 8 - Crabs
- Section 4-801 - Definitions.
- Section 4-802 - Application of subtitle.
- Section 4-802.1 - Landing of crabs caught in waters of Worcester County; waiver of section.
- Section 4-803 - Rules and regulations generally; public hearings before rules and regulations become effective.
- Section 4-804 - License for catching crabs for commercial or noncommercial purposes.
- Section 4-805 - Noncommercial crabbing license.
- Section 4-806 - Limitations on crabbing in coastal bays.
- Section 4-807 - License to engage in business of picking, canning, or packing crabs.
- Section 4-808 - [Repealed].
- Section 4-809 - Limitations and prohibitions on catching and possessing certain kinds and sizes of crabs; regulations; special provisions for Worcester County.
- Section 4-810 - Rules and regulations pertaining to female crabs.
- Section 4-811 - [Repealed].
- Section 4-812 - Use of crab pots in Chesapeake Bay waters in Dorchester and Somerset counties.
- Section 4-813 - [Repealed].
- Section 4-814 - Limitation on number of crab pots.
- Section 4-815 - Prohibition on bank traps and channel pounds in St. Mary's County.
- Section 4-816 - Nonnative crab restrictions.
- Subtitle 9 - Lobster, Terrapin, and Conch
- Subtitle 10 - Oysters and Clams
- Section 4-1001 - Definitions.
- Section 4-1002 - Dredging for clams or oysters prohibited.
- Section 4-1003 - Residents may catch oysters and clams.
- Section 4-1004 - License to catch oysters and clams commercially.
- Section 4-1005 - Devices for catching oysters and clams; patent tongs; string culture of oysters.
- Section 4-1006 - Catching oysters or clams in certain areas prohibited.
- Section 4-1006.1 - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation protection zones.
- Section 4-1006.2 - Maps and coordinates of oyster sanctuaries, closed oyster reserve areas, and areas closed to shellfish harvest.
- Section 4-1007 - Designation of buying stations for oysters and clams; unlawful sales or purchases; exception; forms.
- Section 4-1008 - Introduction of nonnative oysters.
- Section 4-1008.1 - Prolonging season; handscraping in Calvert and St. Mary's counties.
- Section 4-1009 - Catching oysters on natural oyster bars.
- Section 4-1009.1 - Designation of harvest reserve area.
- Section 4-1010 - Possession of patent tong heads in Kent, Queen Anne's, and Wicomico counties.
- Section 4-1011 - Patent and hand tonging in certain county waters.
- Section 4-1012 - Areas where dredging permitted; prima facie evidence of dredging.
- Section 4-1013 - Dredging regulations and prohibitions generally.
- Section 4-1014 - Oyster sanctuaries in Somerset County.
- Section 4-1014.1 - Oyster sanctuaries in Calvert County.
- Section 4-1014.2 - Oyster sanctuaries in St. Mary's County.
- Section 4-1014.3 - Oyster sanctuaries in Dorchester County.
- Section 4-1015 - Oyster culling.
- Section 4-1015.1 - Oysters caught using diving apparatus.
- Section 4-1016 - [Repealed].
- Section 4-1017 - Oyster license.
- Section 4-1018 - Oyster measures.
- Section 4-1019 - Report of buyers or sellers of oyster shells required.
- Section 4-1019.1 - Program for return of oyster shells to Chesapeake Bay.
- Section 4-1019.2 - Oyster Shell Purchase Program.
- Section 4-1020 - Oyster taxes.
- Section 4-1021 - Dredging in Pocomoke and Tangier sounds.
- Section 4-1021.1 - Dredging for hard-shell clams in Atlantic Coastal Bays prohibited.
- Section 4-1021.2 - Patent tonging in certain areas of Somerset County.
- Section 4-1022 - Shinnecock rakes.
- Section 4-1023 - Department may regulate catching in Worcester County.
- Section 4-1024 - License for catching hard-shell clams by rake in Worcester County.
- Section 4-1025 - [Repealed].
- Section 4-1027 - License for engaging in business of shipping or selling hard-shell clams.
- Section 4-1028 - Clam taxes.
- Section 4-1029 - Disposition of clam receipts.
- Section 4-1030 - Landing clam catches.
- Section 4-1031 - Possession of undersized hard-shell clams.
- Section 4-1032 - County advisory committees.
- Section 4-1033 - Regulatory powers and duties of Department generally.
- Section 4-1034 - [Repealed].
- Section 4-1035 - Severance tax.
- Section 4-1036 - Sale of soft-shell clams.
- Section 4-1037 - Areas where catching with gear other than hand tools prohibited.
- Section 4-1038 - Restrictions on catching soft-shell clams by hydraulic dredge in certain counties.
- Section 4-1039 - Restricted and unrestricted hydraulic dredging areas.
- Section 4-1040 - Clam dredges in restricted areas; possession of oysters aboard clam dredge boats.
- Section 4-1040.1 - [Repealed].
- Section 4-1041 - Licenses to catch surf clams or land surf clams or ocean quahogs.
- Section 4-1042 - [Repealed].
- Section 4-1043 - Opening and closing areas for harvesting surf clams.
- Subtitle 11 - Oyster and Clam Culture
- Section 4-1101 - Definitions.
- Section 4-1102 - [Repealed].
- Section 4-1103 - State oyster culture.
- Section 4-1103.1 - Oyster seed areas in Potomac River from Cornfield Point to Point Lookout.
- Section 4-1104 - [Transferred].
- Section 4-1105 - Catching oysters in closed or reserved areas.
- Section 4-1106 - Transplanting oysters; committees of oystermen; expenditures for oyster propagation; closing of bars by Department.
- Section 4-1107 - Department may cooperate with county or political subdivision providing funds for oyster cultivation.
- Section 4-1108 - to 4-1118. [Redesignated].
- Section 4-1118.1 - Destroying natural oyster bars.
- Subtitle 11A - Aquaculture
- Subtitle 12 - Penalties and Fines, Searches, Seizures and Forfeitures
- Section 4-1201 - Penalties.
- Section 4-1202 - Collection and disposition of fines.
- Section 4-1203 - Search warrants.
- Section 4-1204 - Searches without warrant.
- Section 4-1205 - Seizure and disposition of fish unlawfully caught, sold, offered for sale, transported, or possessed.
- Section 4-1206 - Seizure, forfeiture, and disposition of devices, equipment, or property.
- Section 4-1207 - Suspension and revocation of licenses by court.
- Section 4-1208 - Expungement of records.
- Section 4-1209 - Immediate suspension of license for failure to appear in court.