Md. Code Regs. 08.02.01.01

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 24, December 2, 2024

Section 08.02.01.01 - Fishery Management Plans

A. The following Fishery Management Plans are adopted and incorporated by reference:

(1) Chesapeake Bay Alosid Management Plan (July 1989), and Amendment I 1989 Chesapeake Bay Alosid Management Plan (June 1998);

(2) Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Management Plan (July 1989); Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Management Plan (June 1997), Amendment I 1997 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan (October 2003), and Amendment #2 1997 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan May 31, 2012;

(3) Maryland Chesapeake Bay Oyster Management Plan (May 2019) and Amendment 1 to the 2019 Maryland Chesapeake Bay Oyster Management Plan (December 2023);

(4) Chesapeake Bay Striped Bass Management Plan (December 1989), and Amendment I 1998 Chesapeake Bay Striped Bass Fishery Management Plan (CB SBFMP) (1998);

(5) Chesapeake Bay Bluefish Management Plan (December 1990), and Amendment I of the 1990 Chesapeake Bay Program Bluefish Fishery Management Plan (October 2003);

(6) Chesapeake Bay Weakfish and Spotted Sea Trout Management Plan (December 1990), and 2003 Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) (December 2003);

(7) Chesapeake Bay Summer Flounder Management Plan (December 1991) and Amendment I Chesapeake Bay Summer Flounder Management Plan (1998);

(8) Chesapeake Bay Atlantic Croaker and Spot Fishery Management Plan (December 1991);

(9) Chesapeake Bay American Eel Fishery Management Plan (December 1991) and Amendment 1 to the 1991 Chesapeake Bay American Eel Fishery Management Plan;

(10) Chesapeake Bay Black Drum Fishery Management Plan (September 1993);

(11) Chesapeake Bay Red Drum Fishery Management Plan (September 1993);

(12) Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast Horseshoe Crab Fishery Management Plan (1994);

(13) Chesapeake and Atlantic Coast King and Spanish Mackerel Fishery Management Plan (1994);

(14) Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (October 1996);

(15) Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast Tautog Fishery Management Plan (December 1998);

(16) Coastal Bays Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan (September 2001);

(17) Coastal Bays Hard Clam Fishery Management Plan (February 2002);

(18) Maryland Tidewater Yellow Perch Fishery Management Plan (November 2002) and Amendment 1 to the 2002 Maryland Tidewater Yellow Perch Fishery Management Plan (December 2017);

(19) Fishery Management Plan for Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) in Maryland Tidewater (January 2014); and

(20) Fishery Management Plan for Tidewater Catfish (December 2021).

B. Under Natural Resources Article, § 4-215, Annotated Code of Maryland, and a fishery management plan adopted in §A or B of this regulation, the Department has authority to substitute a regulation necessary to implement a plan for an otherwise applicable provision of Natural Resources Article, Title 4, Annotated Code of Maryland. In this subtitle, an intent to substitute an implementing regulation for a statutory provision is indicated by the phrase, "Notwithstanding Natural Resources Article, § 4 - ...".

Md. Code Regs. 08.02.01.01

Regulation .01 adopted effective April 29, 1991 (18:8 Md. R. 863)
Regulation .01 amended effective November 11, 1991 (18:22 Md. R. 2395); December 6, 1993 (20:24 Md. R. 1864); July 8, 2002 (29:13 Md. R. 990)
Regulation .01A amended as an emergency provision effective July 13, 1994 (21:16 Md. R. 1378); adopted permanently effective September 12, 1994 (21:18 Md. R. 1508)
Regulation .01A amended effective February 28, 1994 (21:4 Md. R. 274); July 3, 1995 (22:13 Md. R. 966); October 20, 1997 (24:21 Md. R. 1446); December 1, 1997 (24:24 Md. R. 1670); December 29, 1997 (24:26 Md. R. 1756); November 29, 1999 (26:24 Md. R. 1857); October 27, 2003 (30:21 Md. R. 1528); November 16, 2009 (36:23 Md. R. 1816); September 6, 2010 (37:18 Md. R. 1213); September 3, 2012 (39:17 Md. R. 1147)
Regulation .01G adopted effective March 29, 1993 (20:6 Md. R. 580); amended effective 43:17 Md. R. 952, eff. 8/29/2016; amended effective 45:6 Md. R. 317, eff. 3/26/2018; amended effective 46:17 Md. R. 725, eff. 8/26/2019; amended effective 46:22 Md. R. 976, eff. 11/4/2019; amended effective 49:16 Md. R.757, eff. 8/8/2022; amended effective 51:15 Md. R. 706, eff. 8/5/2024.