(a) The Department may adopt regulations governing the size, type, and use of containers used to measure oysters harvested or sold in the State.
(b) Due to the quantity of water contained in measures of newly shucked oysters, any proprietor or manager of a plant, house, or establishment shall measure oysters as received from the shuckers in a special gallon cup which contains no more than 9 pints. Any device other than this 9 pint gallon cup may not be used to measure any oysters received from shuckers. A Natural Resources police officer shall stamp every 9 pint gallon measure used in measuring newly shucked oysters. A proprietor or manager of any house, plant, or establishment which shucks oysters shall have every 9 pint gallon measure stamped.
(c) Every shucked oyster sold in the State shall be sold by the standard United States one–half pint, pint, quart, or gallon liquid measure, or by fractions or multiples of these liquid measures.
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