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<section article="gnr" article_name="Natural Resources" number="4-702" title_number="4" title_name="Fish and Fisheries" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Licensing, Regulation, and Supervision of Fishing and Fisheries in Tidal Waters">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person may not buy for resale finfish, crabs, or shellfish from waters of the State unless the person is licensed and authorized as a seafood dealer under § 4–701 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The following persons are not required to obtain a seafood dealer authorization under this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who buys finfish, crabs, or shellfish for personal use or consumption;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who buys for resale finfish or shellfish species defined as bait under subsection (c) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A person who buys finfish, crabs, or shellfish from a person with a seafood dealer authorization under § 4–701 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any person not otherwise licensed under § 4–701(d)(2)(ii)2 of this subtitle that harvests and sells finfish or shellfish species defined as bait under paragraph (3) of this subsection shall obtain a bait harvester permit from the Department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The annual fee for a bait harvester permit is $25.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Department shall adopt regulations defining which species of finfish and shellfish may be caught and sold as bait in accordance with a bait harvester permit issued under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department shall adopt regulations to define the species that are included as shellfish under this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
