1. A. The Department may issue permits for the following species or families of fish and aquatic plants:

   1. (1) Fish.

      Common Name	Scientific Name
      (a) American Eel	Anguilla rostrata
      (b) American Shad	Alosa sapidissima
      (c) Rainbow Trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss
      (d) Brown Trout	Salmo trutta
      (e) Brook Trout	Salvelinus fontinalis
      (f) Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas
      (g) Fathead Minnow	Pimephales promelas
      (h) Goldfish	Carassius auratus
      (i) Catfish family	Ictaluridae
      (j) Temperate Basses	Moronidae
      (k) Sunfish family	Centrarchidae
      (l) Perch family	Percidae
      (m) Red Drum	Sciaenops ocellatus
      (n) Pike family	Esocidae
      (o) American Oyster	Crassostrea virginica
      (p) Hard Clams	Mercenaria
      (q) Crayfish family	Asticidie
      (r) Surf Clams	Mactridae

   2. (2) Threatened or Endangered Species of Fish and Aquatic Plants. Except as provided in §B, of this regulation, the Department may issue permits for any species of fish or aquatic plants listed as threatened or endangered in Maryland, including striped bass and hybrids of striped bass, unless issuance of the permit is precluded under federal law.
2. B. Prohibited Species. The Department may maintain a list of prohibited species for which permits may not be issued except under certain conditions.

Authority: Natural Resources Article, §§1-104, 4-11A-02, 4-11A-11, and 4-1019.2; State Government Article, §10-206; Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.03 adopted as an emergency provision effective January 1, 1990 (17:1 Md. R. 63); emergency status extended at 17:11 Md. R. 1333; emergency status expired July 31, 1990

Regulations .01—.12 adopted effective September 3, 1990 (17:17 Md. R. 2078)

Regulation .01 amended effective September 6, 2010 (37:18 Md. R. 1214)

Regulation .03A amended effective September 6, 2010 (37:18 Md. R. 1214)

Regulation .04B amended effective March 13, 1995 (22:5 Md. R. 366)

Regulation .05A amended effective March 13, 1995 (22:5 Md. R. 366)

Regulation .07A amended effective March 1, 1993 (20:4 Md. R. 370)

Regulation .10C amended effective February 11, 2019 (46:3 Md. R. 106)

Regulation .12D amended effective April 5, 2010 (37:7 Md. R. 569)

Regulation .13 adopted effective September 21, 2009 (36:19 Md. R. 1435)

Regulation .13 repealed effective February 15, 2016 (43:3 Md. R. 271)