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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 08.02.03.04" title_num="08" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="03" heading="Crab Scrapes.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A crab scrape may not:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Have a bar wider than 60 inches;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Have teeth or projections of any kind;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Have a flat plate attached to the scraping bar, which is the bar that touches the bottom;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Have a diver, chain, or other device attached to it or the taking line to hold the scrape to the bottom; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Exceed 80 pounds in weight, including the bag.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Number of Scrapes Permitted.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A person may not use more than two scrapes in any vessel that is propelled by an engine.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Scrapes may not be affixed to each other so as to form a single fishing unit.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Prohibited Areas. Scrapes are prohibited in the following areas:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>St. Mary's River—that portion lying upriver from a line drawn between Chancellor Point and Portobello Point;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Calvert Bay and Smith Creek—that portion north of a line drawn between Kitts Point and Lawson Point;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>All submerged lands leased for shellfish cultivation in accordance with Natural Resources Article, Title 4, Subtitle 11A, Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The waters of the Chesapeake Bay and tidal tributaries north of a line extending in a westerly direction from the southern point of the mouth of Punch Island Creek in Dorchester County defined by Lat. 38°25'15.2"N., Long. 76°17'19.7"W. to Cove Point in Calvert County defined by Lat. 38°23'05.4"N., Long. 76°22'52.3"W.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Hand Scrapes. Notwithstanding §C(4) of this regulation, a person may use a single scrape not wider than 48 inches and not heavier than 45 pounds north of the line defined in §C(4) of this regulation in the following areas:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The area of the Chesapeake Bay east of a line drawn from a point at or near Cook Point in Dorchester County defined by Lat. 38°37'41.5"N., Long. 76°17'21.1"W.; then running approximately 193° True to a point at or near Hills Point in Dorchester County defined by Lat. 38°34'19.9"N., Long. 76°18'21.2"W.; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The waters of Queen Anne's County and Kent County.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>