IT SHALL BE LAWFUL:

To crab in the Coastal Bays of Maryland's Atlantic Ocean and their tributaries using:

a. not more than 600 feet of baited trotline, with a float of the same color, size, and shape attached to each end; or
b. not more than two (2) 600 foot trotlines if two (2) or more persons are in the boat; or
c. dip nets and any number of handlines; and
d. not more than ten (10) or a combination of ten (10) collapsible crab traps or crab net rings per person from docks, piers, bridges, boats, or shorelines; or
e. not more than twenty-five (25) or a combination of twenty-five (25) collapsible crab traps or crab net rings, if two or more persons are in the boat.

For waterfront property owners to set a maximum of two (2) crab pots at their property:

a. attached by rope or line to the property or a privately owner pier or dock; or
b. attached to a pole in front of their property, not more than one hundred (100) yards from the shore and marked with a sign not less than six (6) inches in height indicating the owner's name and address; and
c. are required by law to have one (1) 2 5/16-inches cull ring on a side panel of the upper compartment and one (1) 2 5/16-inches cull ring on the lower compartment; and
d. are required by law to have a “turtle reduction device” attached to each entrance or funnel in the lower chamber constructed of wire or plastic, rectangle in shape with dimension not larger than 1 3/4-inches by 4 3/4-inches.