(a) Subject to restrictions promulgated pursuant to this subtitle, a person may catch oysters or clams in the waters of the State only by hand, rakes, tongs, patent tongs, diving apparatus, dredges, handscrapes, cultch material suspended on strings, in trays, in bags, or similar devices. Soft-shell clams may be caught by hydraulic or mechanical dredges or rigs.
(b) The Department may make uniform the size and weight of patent tongs in waters where patent tongs are permitted. However, any person using any size or weight patent tongs on June 1, 1964, may continue to use them.
(c) A person may catch oyster spat in the waters of the State by suspended means such as cultch material on strings, trays, bags, or similar devices, which do not touch the bottom and do not interfere with navigation.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 10 - Oysters and Clams
Part I - General Provisions Relating to Oysters and Clams
Section 4-1002 - Dredging for Clams or Oysters Prohibited
Section 4-1003 - Residents May Catch Oysters and Clams
Section 4-1004 - License to Catch Oysters and Clams Commercially
Section 4-1005 - Devices for Catching Oysters and Clams; Patent Tongs; String Culture of Oysters
Section 4-1006 - Catching Oysters or Clams in Certain Areas Prohibited
Section 4-1006.1 - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Protection Zones
Section 4-1007 - Designation of Buying Stations for Oysters and Clams; Forms