State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Maryland > Natural-resources > Title-4 > Subtitle-10 > 4-1021-2§ 4-1021.2. Patent tonging in certain areas of Somerset County.
(a) Regulations.- The Department may adopt regulations governing the use of patent tongs to harvest hard-shell clams in areas of Somerset County where the use of patent tongs to catch oysters is authorized.
(b) Prohibited; season.-
(1) This subsection applies only in Somerset County.
(2) A person may not catch hard-shell clams with patent tongs:
(i) Between sunset on any day and sunrise the following day; or
(ii) On Sundays.
(3) The season for catching hard-shell clams with patent tongs is the same as the season for catching oysters with patent tongs as provided in § 4-1008.1 of this subtitle or as altered by regulations adopted under § 4-2A-05 of this title.
[1991, ch. 52; 2005, ch. 25, § 12; 2007, ch. 260, § 1.]
