(a) The Department may supervise, regulate, and control catching eels in the tidal waters of the State. In exercising this power, the Department may prescribe the areas within and methods by which eels may be caught.
(b) (1) A person may not catch eels for sale with pots or other devices in the tidal waters of the State without first obtaining a tidal fish license to catch finfish for commercial purposes from the Department.
(2) A licensee who is authorized to catch blue crabs under this subtitle may use up to 50 pots to catch eels for personal use as crab trotline bait without obtaining an authorization to catch finfish.
(c) The Department shall adopt rules and regulations concerning commercial fishing for eels by area, gear, season, size, and reporting of catch.
(d) Each individual who catches eels for sale or for personal use as bait shall make catch reports, as prescribed by rule or regulation, on forms provided by the Department.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 7 - Licensing, Regulation, and Supervision of Fishing and Fisheries in Tidal Waters
Section 4-701 - Tidal Fish License
Section 4-701.1 - Commercial Northern Snakehead Bowfishing License
Section 4-701.2 - Blue and Flathead Catfish Finfish Trotline License
Section 4-702 - Commercial Activity Involving Finfish or Shellfish
Section 4-704 - License to Catch Finfish
Section 4-704.1 - License to Catch Striped Bass
Section 4-705 - License Renewal or Expiration During Armed Forces Service or War Emergency
Section 4-708 - Operation When License Suspended or Revoked
Section 4-710 - Prohibitions and Restrictions on Methods of Fishing Generally
Section 4-711 - Regulation of Pound or Fyke Nets
Section 4-712 - Rights of Riparian Owners Relating to Nets or Haul Seines
Section 4-713 - Use of Haul Seines Generally
Section 4-714 - Fishing Restrictions -- Anne Arundel County
Section 4-715 - Fishing Restrictions -- Baltimore County
Section 4-717 - Fishing Restrictions -- Cecil County
Section 4-718 - Fishing Restrictions -- Charles County
Section 4-719 - Fishing Restrictions -- Dorchester County
Section 4-720 - Fishing Restrictions -- Cecil and Harford Counties
Section 4-721 - Fishing Restrictions -- Harford County
Section 4-722 - Fishing Restrictions -- Kent County
Section 4-723 - Fishing Restrictions -- St. Mary's County
Section 4-724 - Fishing Restrictions -- Somerset County
Section 4-725 - Fishing Restrictions -- Talbot County
Section 4-727 - Fishing Restrictions -- Worcester County
Section 4-728 - Fishing Restrictions -- Chesapeake Bay
Section 4-729 - Fishing Restrictions -- Choptank River
Section 4-730 - Fishing Restrictions -- Patuxent River
Section 4-731 - Sale, Purchase, or Transportation of Striped Bass or Rockfish
Section 4-732 - Department May Prohibit Fishing During Spawning Season of Striped Bass
Section 4-733 - Possession of Fish Whose Size or Weight Cannot Be Determined
Section 4-734 - Legal Size of Certain Fish
Section 4-735 - Fishing Restrictions -- Black Bass and Chain Pickerel
Section 4-736 - Fishing Restrictions -- Eels
Section 4-738 - Fishing Restrictions -- Snapping Turtles
Section 4-739 - Fishing Restrictions -- Sturgeon
Section 4-740 - Fishing Restrictions -- Walleyed Pike
Section 4-741 - Carrying Domestic Animals on Boats Transporting Shellfish Commercially Prohibited
Section 4-742 - Restrictions on Taking of Shellfish From Polluted Waters
Section 4-743 - Quarantine of Shellfish
Section 4-744 - Synopsis of Laws and Chart of Restricted Waters
Section 4-745 - Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Sport Fishing License
Section 4-746 - Annual Survey of Striped Bass
Section 4-747 - Sale, Trade, or Distribution of Shark Fins Prohibited