1. A. Determination Pursuant to the Endangered Species Act.

   1. (1) Any species of fish determined to be an endangered species pursuant to the Endangered Species Act shall be considered an endangered species under the provisions of this subtitle.
   2. (2) Any species of fish determined to be a threatened species pursuant to the Endangered Species Act shall be considered a threatened species under the provisions of this subtitle.
   3. (3) The Secretary may determine, in accordance with this regulation, that any threatened species is an endangered species throughout all or any portion of the range of the species within the State.

2. B. Determination Pursuant to Other Factors. In addition to the species considered to be endangered or threatened pursuant to the Endangered Species Act, the Secretary, by rule or regulation, shall determine whether any species of fish normally occurring within the State is an endangered or threatened species due to any of the following factors:

   1. (1) The present or threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of its habitat or range;
   2. (2) Overutilization for commercial, sporting, scientific, educational, or other purposes;
   3. (3) Disease or predation;
   4. (4) The inadequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms; or
   5. (5) Other natural or manmade factors affecting its continued existence within the State.

Authority: Natural Resources Article, §4-2A-01 et seq., Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: January 1, 1985 (11:26 Md. R. 2278)

Regulation .01 amended effective September 3, 1990 (17:17 Md. R. 2077)

Regulation .01C amended as an emergency provision effective March 1, 1993 (20:6 Md. R. 577); emergency status expired August 1, 1993

Regulation .01C amended effective August 16, 1993 (20:16 Md. R. 1276); December 19, 1994 (21:25 Md. R. 2104); February 27, 1995 (22:4 Md. R. 236)

Regulation .01C amended and D repealed as an emergency provision effective June 1, 1999 (26:13 Md. R. 1016); amended permanently effective September 6, 1999 (26:18 Md. R. 1375)

Regulation .01C amended as an emergency provision effective January 8, 2001 (28:2 Md. R. 96); amended permanently effective April 16, 2001 (28:7 Md. R. 688)

Regulation .01C amended as an emergency provision effective June 1, 2003 (30:13 Md. R. 851); amended permanently effective August 18, 2003 (30:16 Md. R. 1074)

Regulation .01D adopted effective October 20, 1997 (24:21 Md. R. 1448)

Regulation .02 amended effective December 19, 1994 (21:25 Md. R. 2104)

Regulation .02A and B amended effective September 3, 1990 (17:17 Md. R. 2077)

Chapter revised effective February 13, 2006 (33:3 Md. R. 240)

Regulation .01B amended effective February 17, 2025 (52:3 Md. R. 159)

Regulation .03 amended effective March 4, 2013 (40:4 Md. R. 344)

Regulation .03A amended as an emergency provision effective June 17, 2013 (40:15 Md. R. 1225); emergency status extended to September 2, 2013 (40:19 Md. R. 1539)

Regulation .03 amended effective September 2, 2013 (40:17 Md. R. 1419); March 3, 2014 (41:4 Md. R. 299)

Regulation .03A amended effective September 12, 2016 (43:18 Md. R. 1017); March 26, 2018 (45:6 Md. R. 318); December 11, 2023 (50:24 Md. R. 1040); February 17, 2025 (52:3 Md. R. 159)

Regulation .03C amended effective February 11, 2008 (35:3 Md. R. 288); August 24, 2009 (36:17 Md. R. 1312); June 28, 2010 (37:13 Md. R. 851)