Md. Code, Natural Resources § 4-725
This is the official text of Md. Code, Natural Resources § 4-725, part of Maryland’s Code, Natural Resources — governs parks, wildlife, and natural resource management.
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§4–725.
Official statutory text
In the waters of Talbot County, a person may set only the following types of nets in the areas and during the times prescribed:
(1) Any net at any time in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay bordering Talbot County;
(2) Any net at any time in the waters of the Choptank River southeast of a straight line drawn from Benoni’s Point to Chlora’s Point;
(3) Gill nets and fyke nets at any time in any of the waters of Talbot County; and
(4) Haul seines in Harris Creek southerly and downstream from a straight line drawn between Station Hawk on the west side and Indian Point on the east side if the mesh in all seines is in bar not less than one and one-half inches.
(1) Any net at any time in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay bordering Talbot County;
(2) Any net at any time in the waters of the Choptank River southeast of a straight line drawn from Benoni’s Point to Chlora’s Point;
(3) Gill nets and fyke nets at any time in any of the waters of Talbot County; and
(4) Haul seines in Harris Creek southerly and downstream from a straight line drawn between Station Hawk on the west side and Indian Point on the east side if the mesh in all seines is in bar not less than one and one-half inches.
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