(a) There is an Aquaculture Review Board.
(b) (1) The Review Board shall consist of the following members, each of whom shall represent one of the following State departments charged with responsibility for an aspect of the State aquaculture permitting process or oversight of permit compliance:
(i) The Department of Natural Resources, to be represented by the Aquaculture Coordinator, who shall serve as chair;
(ii) One representative of the Department of the Environment, designated by the Secretary of the Environment;
(iii) One representative of the Maryland Department of Health, designated by the Secretary of Health; and
(iv) One representative of the Department of Agriculture, designated by the Secretary of Agriculture.
(2) The National Marine Fisheries Service shall be invited to designate a representative to the Review Board.
(3) The United States Army Corps of Engineers shall be invited to designate a representative to the Review Board.
(c) (1) The Aquaculture Coordinator shall be the single point of contact for an applicant for all permits and licenses necessary to conduct aquaculture in the State.
(2) The Review Board shall:
(i) Coordinate the development of statewide aquaculture policy and, to the maximum extent feasible, the streamlining of the application process;
(ii) Track each application as it is processed; and
(iii) Ensure full and meaningful departmental communication with an applicant during each stage of the application process.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Section 4-11A-01 - Definitions
Section 4-11A-02 - Protection of Wild Stocks of Fish
Section 4-11A-03 - General Provisions
Section 4-11A-03.1 - Aquaculture Review Board
Section 4-11A-03.2 - Aquaculture Coordinating Council
Section 4-11A-04 - Public Shellfish Fishery Area
Section 4-11A-06 - Chesapeake Bay -- Submerged Land Lease
Section 4-11A-07 - Atlantic Coastal Bays -- Submerged Land Lease
Section 4-11A-08 - Water Column Leases
Section 4-11A-09 - Aquaculture or Submerged Land Lease
Section 4-11A-10 - General Provisions Regarding Lease
Section 4-11A-11 - Demonstration Lease
Section 4-11A-12 - General Provisions
Section 4-11A-14 - Catching Oysters on Leased Oyster Bottoms by Leaseholder
Section 4-11A-16 - Miscellaneous Prohibitions on Aquaculture or Submerged Land Lease Area
Section 4-11A-16.1 - Miscellaneous Prohibitions on Aquaculture or Submerged Land Lease Area
Section 4-11A-17 - Exclusive Right of Riparian or Wharf Owners to Cultivate Shellfish
Section 4-11A-17.1 - Oysters Grown and Harvested Under 4-11a-17
Section 4-11A-18 - Experimental Propagation Activities
Section 4-11A-20 - Privately Owned Artificial Ponds or Lakes
Section 4-11A-21 - Permit to Breed, Propagate, and Sell Game and Freshwater Fish
Section 4-11A-22 - Trespass on Land to Fish in Privately Owned Ponds Prohibited