Md. Code Ann., Nat. Res. § 4-1021.2
Somerset County
Effective Oct 1, 2008Added as Natural Resources § 4-1021.1 by Acts 1991, c. 52. Amended by Acts 2005, c. 25, § 12, eff. April 12, 2005. Renumbered as Natural Resources 4-1021.2 by Acts 2007, c. 260, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008.State of Maryland
- (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.
Added as Natural Resources § 4-1021.1 by Acts 1991, c. 52. Amended by Acts 2005, c. 25, § 12, eff. April 12, 2005. Renumbered as Natural Resources 4-1021.2 by Acts 2007, c. 260, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008.