1. A. All otter and fisher pelts shall be tagged within 15 days after the close of the season. Pelts may not be sold or otherwise disposed of unless properly tagged. A person may not possess an untagged otter or fisher pelt, or part of a pelt, following the above date, whether it was trapped, killed, or caught in this State or in any other state, territory, or country. Otter and fisher pelt tags may be obtained from the local field offices of the Service and the Natural Resources Police Force.
2. B. All skinned river otter carcasses harvested in Garrett and Allegany counties shall be forfeited to the Service at one of the Service offices in Garrett or Allegany counties within 45 days after the close of the season.

Authority: Natural Resources Article, §§1-403, 10-205, 10-206, 10-301.1, 10-404—10-409, 10-415, 10-418, 10-902, and 10-903, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.04 were previously codified as Regulations .02, .09, .28, and .46, respectively, under COMAR 08.03.01 Wildlife Conservation. This recodification was effective June 3, 1985 (12:11 Md. R. 1047)

For the history of these regulations before June 3, 1985, see the Administrative History which follows COMAR 08.03.01

Regulation .01 amended effective August 6, 2012 (39:15 Md. R. 963)

Regulation .02 amended as an emergency provision effective July 19, 1996 (23:16 Md. R. 1166); amended permanently effective January 13, 1997 (24:1 Md. R. 29)

Regulation .02 repealed effective July 17, 2006 (33:14 Md. R. 1162)

Regulation .03 amended effective November 23, 1992 (19:23 Md. R. 2039); August 30, 2004 (31:17 Md. R. 1311)

Regulation .03A amended effective September 4, 2023 (50:17 Md. R. 769)

Regulation .03C, D amended effective July 17, 2006 (33:14 Md. R. 1162)

Regulation .03E amended effective August 4, 2014 (41:15 Md. R. 889)

Regulation .03G amended effective June 3, 1996 (23:11 Md. R. 809)

Regulation .03G amended as an emergency provision effective July 19, 1996 (23:16 Md. R. 1166); amended permanently effective January 13, 1997 (24:1 Md. R. 29)

Regulation .05 adopted effective August 15, 1994 (21:16 Md. R. 1381)

Regulation .05 repealed and new Regulation .05 adopted effective June 3, 1996 (23:11 Md. R. 809)

Regulation .05 amended effective August 30, 2004 (31:17 Md. R. 1311)

Regulation .05A amended effective August 23, 2010 (37:17 Md. R. 1184); November 24, 2016 (43:23 Md. R. 1279)

Regulation .06 adopted effective July 17, 2006 (33:14 Md. R. 1163)

Regulation .07 adopted effective July 17, 2006 (33:14 Md. R. 1163)