(a) Except as provided in § 4–1008 of this title, a leaseholder may plant, cultivate, sow, or protect oysters only of the species known as Crassostrea virginica in the waters of the State.
(b) (1) In this subsection, the word “shellfish” includes live oysters, seed oysters, oyster shells, live hard–shell clams, live soft–shell clams, and clam shells.
(2) A person may not import or possess within the State shellfish taken from waters outside the waters of the State for planting in the waters of the State without the approval of the Department.
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