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Maryland Code, Natural Resources § 4-1021.2

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) 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)(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.

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