§ 4-1021.2. Patent tonging in certain areas of Somerset County

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   (a) Regulations. -- 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) Prohibited; season. --

   (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.

HISTORY: 1991, ch. 52; 2005, ch. 25, § 12; 2007, ch. 260, § 1.

                    
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