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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 08.02.07.02" title_num="08" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="07" heading="Use of Hard-Shell Clam Dredges in Tangier Sound and Pocomoke Sound.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Size of Dredge. A person may not catch hard-shell clams in the waters of Tangier Sound and Pocomoke Sound with a hydraulic dredge or mechanical dredge more than 36 inches in width.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Areas Where Hard-Shell Clams May Be Taken by Dredge. Subject to Regulation .05 of this chapter and except as provided in §C of this regulation, an individual licensed to catch hard-shell clams may catch hard-shell clams with a dredge only in the waters of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Tangier Sound that are bounded on the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>South by the Maryland-Virginia line; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>North by a line beginning at a point at Tenth Point at the mouth of Big Annemessex River defined by Lat. 38°02.303' N, Long. 75°51.610' W; then running 334° True to a point at Porpoise Point defined by Lat. 38°03.648' N, Long. 75°52.422' W; then running along shore to a point at Hazard Point defined by Lat. 38°04.571' N, Long. 75° 52.694' W; then running 307° True to a point at South Point on Little Deal Island defined by Lat. 38°06.710' N, Long. 75°56.460' W; then running 238° True to a point at Mussel Hole Point defined by Lat. 38°04.670' N, Long. 76°00.400' W; then running 194° True to a point on the shore on the northerly tip of Smith Island defined by Lat. 38°02.367' N, Long. 76°01.050' W; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Pocomoke Sound that are southwesterly of a straight line drawn from Maryland-Virginia boundary marker “D” defined by Lat. 37°56.473' N, Long. 75° 45.705' W; then running 342° True to a point at the most easterly point of the sound at the mouth of Gunby Creek defined by Lat. 37°58.410' N, Long. 75°46.498' W, except as provided in §C of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Exception. Hard-shell clams may not be taken with a dredge in the waters of Apes Hole Creek westerly of a line drawn from a point at Cedar Gut defined by Lat. 37°57.448' N, Long. 75°48.752' W; then running 215° True to a point at Long Point defined by Lat. 37°56.854' N, Long. 75° 49.283 W.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>