# COMAR Title 08 — Department of Natural Resources

## Subtitle 18 — Boating — Speed Limits and Operation of Vessels

### Chapter 32 — Pocomoke River

**Authority:** Natural Resources Article, §§8-703 and 8-704, Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: June 5, 1995 (22:11 Md. R. 820)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 amended effective December 22, 2014 (41:25 Md. R. 1478)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .02 amended effective December 22, 2014 (41:25 Md. R. 1478)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03 adopted effective June 6, 2005 (32:11 Md. R. 982)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03 amended effective December 22, 2014 (41:25 Md. R. 1478)

#### Regulation .01 Pocomoke River.

*COMAR 08.18.32.01*

The Pocomoke River encompasses all the waters of the Pocomoke River and its tributaries upstream of a line beginning at a point at or near Lat. 37° 57.800’ N., Long. 75° 39.350’ W., then running 82° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 37° 57.867’ N., Long. 75° 38.783’ W.

#### Regulation .02 Pocomoke City Area.

*COMAR 08.18.32.02*

Pocomoke City encompasses the area upstream of a line beginning at a point at or near Lat. 38° 4.285’ N., Long. 75° 34.470’ W., then running 306° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 4.308’ N., Long. 75° 34.510’ W., and downstream of a line beginning at a point at or near Lat. 38° 4.760’ N., Long. 75° 34.295’ W., then running 272° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 4.762’ N., Long. 75° 34.353’ W., and has a 6-knot speed limit all year.

#### Regulation .03 Shad Landing Area.

*COMAR 08.18.32.03*

A. Shad Landing. Shad Landing encompasses the area southeast of a line beginning at a point at or near Lat. 38° 8.535’ N., Long. 75° 26.465’ W., then running 260° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 8.532’ N., Long. 75° 26.490’ W., and northeast of a line beginning at a point at or near Lat. 38° 8.368’ N., Long. 75° 26.563’ W., then running 338° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 8.378’ N., Long. 75° 26.568’ W. This area has a 6-knot speed limit all year.

B. Corkers Creek. Corkers Creek encompasses the areas south of a line beginning at a point at or near Lat. 38° 8.368’ N., Long. 75° 26.563’ W., then running 338° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 8.378’ N., Long. 75° 26.568’ W., and southwest of a line beginning at a point at or near Lat. 38° 8.707’ N., Long. 75° 26.978’ W., then running 211° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 8.667’ N., Long. 75° 27.008’ W., and running to the headwaters. This area has a minimum wake zone all year.