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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 08.02.03.06" title_num="08" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="03" heading="Collapsible Crab Traps and Crab Net Rings.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An individual may not set or fish a crab net ring or collapsible crab trap within 100 feet of another individual’s set trotline, collapsible crab trap, or net ring.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>In the coastal bays of the Atlantic Ocean and their tidal tributaries:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An individual may not catch or attempt to catch crabs for recreational purposes with any combination of more than ten collapsible traps and net rings; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If two or more individuals are catching or attempting to catch crabs for recreational purposes on a boat, not more than any combination of 25 collapsible traps and net rings may be set per boat.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>In the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An individual may not catch or attempt to catch crabs for recreational purposes with collapsible traps or net rings unless the individual is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Licensed to catch crabs for recreational purposes; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>On a boat licensed as a recreational crabbing boat;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If an individual is licensed to catch crabs for recreational purposes, not more than 30 collapsible traps or net rings or not more than 30 of a combination of collapsible traps and net rings may be set; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Not more than 30 collapsible traps or net rings or not more than 30 of a combination of collapsible traps and net rings may be set per boat:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Regardless of the number of individuals licensed to catch crabs for recreational purposes on a boat; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If the boat is licensed as a recreational crabbing boat.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A collapsible crab trap or crab net ring which is not attached to a pier, wharf, or boat shall be marked with a buoy bearing the owner’s:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>DNRid number, if recreationally crabbing in the Chesapeake Bay or its tidal tributaries;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Name and address, if recreationally crabbing in the Atlantic Ocean, its coastal bays, or their tidal tributaries; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Commercial license number.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>