(a) Unless a license first is obtained from the Department, a person may not (1) have a fixed place of business buying oysters and employing labor to prepare them for market, or (2) buy more than 25 bushels of oysters per year from persons who catch them from the natural oyster bars of the State.
(b) The Department may not issue a license required by this section unless the applicant pays all taxes due for the prior year under § 4-1020 of this subtitle.
(c) A person may possess oysters caught from the natural oyster bars of the State until one week past the close of the season for taking oysters as established in § 4–1008.1 of this subtitle. Oysters may be caught by dredge or handscrape at any time in Worcester County and may be shipped in the shell at any time within or from that county. In counties where oysters may be caught from leased areas at any time pursuant to the provisions of Subtitle 11A of this title, a person may possess oysters at any time.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 10 - Oysters and Clams
Part II - Provisions Relating to Oysters
Section 4-1008 - Introduction of Nonnative Oysters
Section 4-1008.1 - Prolonging Season; Handscraping in Calvert and St. Mary's Counties
Section 4-1009 - Catching Oysters on Natural Oyster Bars
Section 4-1009.1 - Designation of Harvest Reserve Area
Section 4-1010 - Possession of Patent Tong Heads in Kent, Queen Anne's, and Wicomico Counties
Section 4-1012 - Areas Where Dredging Prohibited; Prima Facie Evidence of Dredging
Section 4-1013 - Dredging Regulations and Prohibitions Generally
Section 4-1014 - Network of Oyster Sanctuaries
Section 4-1014.1 - Oyster Sanctuaries in Somerset County
Section 4-1014.2 - Oyster Sanctuaries in Calvert County
Section 4-1014.3 - Oyster Sanctuaries in St. Mary's County
Section 4-1014.4 - Oyster Sanctuaries in Dorchester County
Section 4-1015 - Oyster Culling
Section 4-1015.1 - Oysters Caught Using Diving Apparatus
Section 4-1017 - Oyster License
Section 4-1018 - Oyster Measures
Section 4-1019 - Report of Buyers or Sellers of Oyster Shells Required
Section 4-1019.1 - Program for Return of Oyster Shells to Chesapeake Bay