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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".19" citation="COMAR 08.03.15.19" title_num="08" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="15" heading="Operations and Procedures.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A wildlife damage control operator shall have the permit in the permittee's possession while conducting wildlife damage control operations. The permittee shall provide the permit to a client or law enforcement officer upon request.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A wildlife damage control operator may conduct wildlife damage control at any time.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Allowable methods for trapping mammals include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Body-gripping traps which are:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Larger than 8 inches by 8 inches or 8-inch diameter when the traps are submerged partially or totally in water; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Equal to or less than 8 inches by 8 inches or 8 inches in diameter:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>On, in, or under a building;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>In tidal wetlands, flooded nontidal wetlands, and in those portions of inland freshwater marshes, shrub swamps, wooded swamps, and bogs where water is covering the surface of the soil or the soil is waterlogged to the surface; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>In all other locations when partially or totally submerged in water;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Box-type live capture traps;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Drowning sets;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Foot-hold traps as follows:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>On land with a jaw spread no greater than 5-3/4 inches; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Completely submerged underwater with a maximum jaw spread of 7-3/4 inches;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Snares; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Other capture devices as approved by the Service.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A wildlife damage control operator may not use toothed or serrated jaw traps.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A wildlife damage control operator shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Check traps once every calendar day;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Protect all cage type live traps from weather elements; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Remove dependent young when present in a structure during the course of wildlife removal.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>A wildlife damage control operator may remove the nests of migratory birds that do not contain eggs or young.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>