(a) Except while lawfully hunting under the requirements of this subtitle, a person in a boat may not purposely or unnecessarily disturb wild waterfowl.
(b) A person may not hunt wild waterfowl while using a floating device towed by a power boat or a sailboat.
(c) A person may not hunt wild waterfowl from a boat, sinkbox, or device that allows the hunter to be completely concealed beneath the water.
(d) (1) A person may not hunt wild waterfowl from a boat that is propelled by a motor or under sail.
(2) A person may shoot and immediately retrieve lawfully wounded or killed wild waterfowl while in a boat if all forward progress of the boat has ceased and the motor has been shut off.
(3) Crippled birds may be shot from a boat under power in the area open for the special sea duck season.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Section 10-601.1 - Regulations
Section 10-602 - Hunting Prohibitions
Section 10-603 - Hunting From Powered Boats
Section 10-604 - Hunting While Standing in Water on the Natural Bottom
Section 10-605 - Hunting From Boat That Is Drifting or Being Sculled
Section 10-606 - Hunting From an Anchored Boat
Section 10-607 - Riparian Landowners
Section 10-608 - Offshore Blind Sites -- Applications
Section 10-609 - Requirements; Offshore Stationary Blinds
Section 10-610 - Offshore Blind Sites -- Construction by Department for Public Use
Section 10-611 - Offshore Blind Sites -- Hunter's License Required
Section 10-612 - Inspections of Blind Site Certifications
Section 10-613 - Loss of Blind Sites Markers