Section 4-1021.2 - Patent tonging in certain areas of Somerset County. - Maryland Statutes

§ 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.]