# Natural Resources (GNR)

## Title 4. Fish and Fisheries

### Subtitle 10. Oysters and Clams

#### Section 4-1021.2

(a) The Department may adopt regulations governing the use of patent tongs to harvest hard-shell clams in areas of Somerset County where the use of patent tongs to catch oysters is authorized.

(b)

  (1) This subsection applies only in Somerset County.

  (2) A person may not catch hard-shell clams with patent tongs:

    (i) Between sunset on any day and sunrise the following day; or

    (ii) On Sundays.

  (3) The season for catching hard-shell clams with patent tongs is the same as the season for catching oysters with patent tongs as provided in Sec. 4-1008.1 of this subtitle or as altered by regulations adopted under Sec. 4-2A-05 of this title.

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Md. Code Ann., Nat. Res. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)