STATE STATUTES & CODES

MARYLAND STATUTES AND CODES

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• Section 4-1016 - [Repealed].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• Section 4-1025 - [Repealed].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.

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