# COMAR Title 08 — Department of Natural Resources

## Subtitle 02 — Fisheries Service

### Chapter 02 — Soft-Shell Clams

#### Regulation .07 General.

*COMAR 08.02.02.07*

A. Subject to the provisions of §§B and C of this regulation, an individual may catch soft-shell clams only from waters approved for shellfish harvest by the Maryland Department of the Environment.

B. An individual may not harvest soft-shell clams within 150 feet of a:

  (1) Natural oyster bar;

  (2) Leased area; or

  (3) Public shellfish fishery area established in COMAR 08.02.04.17A.

C. Sanctuaries.

  (1) Except as provided in §C(2) of this regulation, an individual may not harvest soft-shell clams within 150 feet of a sanctuary designated in Section I of “Oyster Sanctuaries of the Chesapeake Bay and Its Tidal Tributaries (September 2010)” that is incorporated by reference in COMAR 08.02.04.15A.

  (2) An individual may harvest soft-shell clams from the Chester ORA Zone A sanctuary.