# COMAR Title 08 — Department of Natural Resources

## Subtitle 02 — Fisheries Service

### Chapter 08 — Shellfish — General

#### Regulation .01 Importation of Shellfish.

*COMAR 08.02.08.01*

A. Definition.

  (1) In this regulation, the following term has the meaning stated.

  (2) Term Defined. “Shellfish” means live bivalves and bivalve shells.

B. Permit Required. A person may not import or possess within the State shellfish taken from waters outside the waters of the State for planting in the waters of the State, unless they first obtain a permit from the Department. The Department shall issue a permit if presented with proof satisfactory to the Department that the shellfish will not be harmful to Maryland shellfish.

C. Zebra Mussel. Except as permitted by the Secretary of Natural Resources, a person may not import into the State or possess any living life stage or reproductive products of mussels of the genus Dreissena.