# COMAR Title 08 — Department of Natural Resources

## Subtitle 02 — Fisheries Service

### Chapter 03 — Blue Crabs

#### Regulation .10 Recreational Crabbing Catch and Possession Limits — Chesapeake Bay and its Tidal Tributaries.

*COMAR 08.02.03.10*

A. Daily Catch and Possession Limits.

  (1) An individual exempt from the licensing requirements of Regulation .09 of this chapter is considered an unlicensed individual and may not exceed the catch and possession limits for an unlicensed individual.

  (2) Daily catch and possession limits for individuals harvesting crabs from shore or from crab pots.

  (3) Daily catch and possession boat limits for a vessel without a recreational crabbing boat license.

  (4) Daily catch and possession boat limits for a vessel with a recreational crabbing boat license.

B. Female Hard Crabs and Female Peelers.

  (1) Except as provided in §B(2) of this regulation, an individual may not catch or possess female hard crabs or female peelers.

  (2) Exception.

    (a) Female crabs are accompanied by a bill of sale; and

    (b) Individual is not catching or attempting to catch crabs.