Section 4-801 - Definitions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 4-801. Definitions.
 

(a)  In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 

(b)  Buckram crab.- "Buckram crab" means a crab that has a paper shell. 

(c)  Crab.- "Crab" means the blue crab species. 

(d)  Green crab.- "Green crab" means an under-developed peeler. 

(e)  Peeler.- "Peeler" means a crab which has a soft shell that is developing under the hard shell, on which there is a white, pink, or red line or rim on the edge of that part of the back fin next to the outer section of this fin. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 66C, §§ 326, 328; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 4, § 1; 1974, ch. 220, §§ 2, 3; 1978, ch. 453; 1987, ch. 263, § 2; 2004, ch. 25, § 6.]