1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person may not catch hard-shell clams in the waters of the State with a shinnecock rake or similar device.

2. (b)

   1. (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person may catch hard-shell clams with a handscrape, shinnecock rake, or hydraulic dredge in the State waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
   2. (2) A person may not catch hard-shell clams with a handscrape, shinnecock rake, or hydraulic dredge within 300 feet of any shore or wharf without first obtaining the permission of the shore or wharf owner.

Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 4, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 2019, c. 81, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.

Formerly Art. 66C, §§ 698, 712.