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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 08.02.01.02" title_num="08" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="01" heading="General Commercial License Requirements.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Exemption from License Requirement. A buyer licensed by the Potomac River Fisheries Commission may buy seafood in Maryland without purchasing a Maryland license to buy, provided the seafood was caught in the Potomac River. In this regulation the term seafood includes finfish, crabs, lobsters, terrapin, oysters, hard-shell clams, and soft-shell clams.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Identification Number.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Unless otherwise required by this subtitle, all licensees shall display the identification number provided by the Department on every vessel, vehicle, gear, or place of business used to catch, hold, transport, process, sell, buy, or otherwise deal in seafood.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Display of Commercial Identification Number on Vessels and Vehicles.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The licensee’s commercial identification number shall be plain vertical block characters of not less than 3 inches in height and shall contrast with the color of the background.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>All numbers shall be distinctly visible and legible.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Display on Vessels.</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The licensee’s commercial identification number shall be painted or firmly attached to both sides of the vessel.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The number shall be positioned on or above the hull, forward, but not on or near the bow, and in such a manner as to be clearly visible to passing boats.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Display on Vehicle.</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The licensee’s commercial identification number shall be painted or firmly attached to the vehicle.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The number shall be positioned on the front part of the body on the driver’s side.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>