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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".23" citation="COMAR 08.03.02.23" title_num="08" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="02" heading="Waterfowl Hunting.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Subject to the conditions of §B of this regulation, an individual may hunt wild waterfowl from a boat at anchor or while standing on the natural bottom in waters adjacent to the following lands:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Wildlife Management Areas (WMA);</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Cedar Point WMA excluding the waters of King’s Creek and Goose Creek;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The portion of Deal Island WMA located north of Maryland Route 363;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>E.A. Vaughn WMA;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Fairmount WMA;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Fishing Bay WMA</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Isle of Wight WMA;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Maryland Marine Properties;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Nanticoke River WMA;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Nanjemoy WMA;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(j)">
        <text>Pocomoke Sound WMA;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(k)">
        <text>Prather’s Neck WMA;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(l)">
        <text>South Marsh Island WMA; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(m)">
        <text>Taylor’s Island WMA;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Chesapeake Forest Lands;</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Lewis Complex; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Tom Tyler Complex;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>State Parks:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Calvert Cliffs State Park;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Chapman State Park;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Janes Island State Park (excluding safety zone along Daugherty Creek);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Newtowne Neck State Park excluding the waters of Breton Bay north of channel marker “5”;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Saint Clements Island State Park;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Monocacy Natural Resource Management Area (NRMA);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>State Forests: Saint Inigoes State Forest, excluding the waters of Chicken Cock Creek and Smith Creek.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Individuals hunting from a boat at anchor or while standing on the natural bottom in waters adjacent to the properties specified in §A of this regulation shall remain:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>At least 250 yards from:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The property line of any landowners adjoining the specified property, or where the line would be if it were extended out over the water perpendicular to the shore at the point where the property line reaches the water’s edge; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Any licensed stationary blind or blind site or another person or party hunting wild waterfowl;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>At least 125 yards from any licensed shoreline on the opposite shore; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Not more than 1/3 the distance from the specified property to the opposite shore or a maximum of 300 yards from the specified property, whichever is less.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A person may not guide hunting parties for economic gain on the waters described in §A of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Waterfowl Hunting in Waters Adjacent to Bloodsworth Island Range.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An individual may hunt wild waterfowl from a boat at anchor or while standing on the natural bottom at designated sites at Bloodsworth Island Range:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>As delineated on maps filed in the Office of the Secretary of Natural Resources; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>While possessing a Bloodsworth Island Range Waterfowl Hunting Permit, available from the DNR website. The permit must be signed by the permit holder.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Violation of the terms and conditions of the permit is a violation of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>