# COMAR Title 08 — Department of Natural Resources

## Subtitle 02 — Fisheries Service

### Chapter 17 — Fish Refuges

**Authority:** Natural Resources Article, §§4-405, 4-407, and 4-410, Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: February 24, 1997 (24:4 Md. R. 291)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 repealed and new Regulations .01 and .02 adopted as an emergency provision effective March 1, 2001 (28:6 Md. R. 619); adopted permanently effective May 28, 2001 (28:10 Md. R. 949)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 amended effective February 17, 2003 (30:3 Md. R. 177)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 repealed effective August 26, 2019 (46:17 Md. R. 725)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .02 amended effective February 17, 2003 (30:3 Md. R. 177)

#### Regulation .01 Gumtree Cove — Repealed.

*COMAR 08.02.17.01*

#### Regulation .02 Chicamuxen Creek.

*COMAR 08.02.17.02*

A person may not enter, remain in, or catch or attempt to catch fish in the designated portion of Chicamuxen Creek, north of Linton Point off the Potomac River in Charles County, which encompasses the area northeast of a line running from a point at or near the shore defined by Lat. 038°32'30.7"N., Long. 077°13'59.0"W., then running approximately 184°True to a point at or near the shore defined by Lat. 038°32'13.7"N., Long. 077°14'00.7"W., from March 1 through June 15. This defined portion of Chicamuxen Creek is designated as a State fish refuge during this time period.