# Natural Resources (GNR)

## Title 4. Fish and Fisheries

### Subtitle 8. Crabs

#### Section 4-801

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Buckram crab" means a crab that has a paper shell.

(c) "Crab" means the blue crab species.

(d) "Green crab" means an under-developed peeler.

(e) "Peeler" means a crab which has a soft shell that is developing under the hard shell, on which there is a white, pink, or red line or rim on the edge of that part of the back fin next to the outer section of this fin.

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