# Natural Resources (GNR)

## Title 4. Fish and Fisheries

### Subtitle 9. Lobster, Shrimp, Terrapin, and Conch

#### Section 4-901

(a) The Department may adopt rules and regulations to:

  (1) Restrict the possession, landing, selling, or transporting of any lobster or lobster parts; and

  (2) Establish minimum size limits for lobsters.

(b) The Department shall publish a notice of any lobster harvest regulations proposed under this section, and of any subsequent amendments to the regulations, and shall hold a public hearing on the proposal unless a public hearing on a substantially similar proposal has been conducted in the State by a federal management authority with notice advertised by the Department as required by this section. The notice shall include the time and place of any hearing.

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