Fish And Fishing
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Department of Natural Resources - Shrimp Fishery Regulations - Clarification [HB-1149]
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Clarifying the authority of the Department of Natural Resources to, notwithstanding certain provisions of law, adopt regulations governing any aspect of the shrimp fishery and establishing and implementing a pilot program related to fishing for shrimp.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 407 on 05/16/2022
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Economic Development - Maryland Watermen's Microloan Program - Establishment [HB-1242]
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[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Agriculture ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Maryland Watermen's Microloan Program in the Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation to provide loans to qualified commercial fishermen to continue commercial operations in the State; providing, beginning July 1, 2025, that generational watermen, beginner watermen, and seafood processing businesses are eligible to receive loans under the Program; requiring a loan made under the Program to be at least $7,000 and not more than $15,000; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 03/09/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Tidal Fish Licenses - Oyster Authorizations - Revocation [HB-1310]
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Authorizing, rather than requiring, the Department of Natural Resources to revoke a person's authorization to catch oysters if the Department finds or concludes that the person has knowingly committed one of certain offenses; and authorizing a person whose authorization to catch oysters is revoked under certain provisions of law to apply for reinstatement of the authorization after 5 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 03/09/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Offshore Blind Sites - Licensing Process [HB-1304]
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[Recreation ]
[Water ]
Altering the licensing process for offshore blind sites to require the Department of Natural Resources to review applications and issue licenses on a first-come, first-served basis; and requiring the Department to establish different licensing days for each county.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay A. Jacobs
Hearing Canceled on 03/09/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Economic Development - Maryland Watermen's Microloan Program - Establishment [SB-826]
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[Small Business ]
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Establishing the Maryland Watermen's Microloan Program in the Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation to provide loans to qualified commercial fishermen to continue commercial operations in the State; providing, beginning July 1, 2025, that generational watermen, beginner watermen, and seafood processing businesses are eligible to receive loans under the Program; and requiring that a loan made under the Program be at least $7,000 and not more than $15,000.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 384 on 05/16/2022
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Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act) [SB-791]
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Establishing certain goals and programs related to land conservation; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Program to provide loans to certain land trusts to purchase land for conservation purposes; establishing a Land Preservation Rapid Response Advisory Committee to review loan applications and make recommendations on which projects to fund; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Fund; requiring the Governor to include $10,000,000 in the fiscal year 2024 budget bill for the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah K. Elfreth
Hearing Canceled (budget And Taxation) on 03/08/2022
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Hunting and Fishing - Recreational License Fees - Moratorium [HB-875]
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[Budget and Spending ]
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Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to waive certain annual hunting license fees for State residents for the 2022-2023 license year; requiring the Department to waive a certain portion of the annual fee for certain recreational fishing licenses that are effective during the period between August 1, 2022, and July 31, 2023, inclusive; and requiring the Department to rebate certain overpayments of annual recreational fishing license fees to the license holders.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Cox
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/07/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Natural Resources – Oysters – Spat, Shells, and Substrate [SB-830]
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Establishing various programs, goals, research requirements, planning requirements, and funding requirements related to oyster spat, oyster shells, and oyster substrate; requiring the Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation to provide loans up to $250,000 to finance the eligible costs of certain eligible seafood processing projects; replacing the oyster shell recycling tax credit with an annual grant program administered by the Department of Natural Resources; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 574 on 05/29/2022
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Cecil County - Fishing - Revisions [SB-900]
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Adding Cecil County to a list of counties to which certain riparian laws do not apply; prohibiting a person from placing pound nets to catch fish for commercial use in the waters of the Susquehanna River in Cecil County; and repealing certain fishing restrictions that apply in Cecil County.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cecil County Senators
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 414 on 05/16/2022
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Anne Arundel County – Natural Resources – Fishing Gear [SB-713]
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Authorizing a person to use archery equipment to harvest northern snakehead in certain Anne Arundel County waters.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward R. Reilly
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 378 on 05/16/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Natural Resources - Healing Hunting and Fishing Fund - No-Cost Licenses and Stamps [SB-665]
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Authorizing an eligible sponsor organization providing recreational opportunities with grant funding from the Healing Hunting and Fishing Fund to provide at no cost an angler's license and trout stamps, a Chesapeake Bay and coastal sport fishing license, or a hunting license and any corresponding stamps to certain persons.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 91 on 04/12/2022
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Sewer Systems and Wastewater Treatment Plants - Water Pollution - Shellfish Harvester Restitution [SB-580]
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[Public Health ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Requiring a person responsible for a sewer overflow, treatment plant bypass, or unlawful discharge from a wastewater treatment plant that results in an area being closed to shellfish harvesting to pay restitution to certain shellfish harvesters.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Cecil County - Fishing - Restrictions [HB-644]
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[Public Safety ]
[Environmental ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Adding Cecil County to a list of counties to which certain riparian laws do not apply; prohibiting a person from placing pound nets to catch fish for commercial use in the waters of the Susquehanna River in Cecil County; and repealing certain fishing restrictions that apply in Cecil County.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 413 on 05/16/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Conservation Finance Act [HB-653]
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[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
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Providing that the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Maryland Environmental Trust must allow participants in certain cost-sharing programs to participate in and receive compensation from greenhouse gas markets, carbon credits, or soil carbon programs under certain circumstances; authorizing certain units to enter into pay-for-success contracts with certain aggregators to procure certain environmental outcomes projects or already certified environmental outcomes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 237 on 04/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Sport Fishing License and Recreational Fishing - Pilot Program and Task Force [HB-601]
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[Recreation ]
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Establishing the Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Sport Fishing License Pilot Program to collect certain recreational fishing information and improve compliance with a certain registration requirement; requiring a certain annual report on the program by December 1, 2023; establishing the Task Force on Recreational Fishing Data Collection and Licensing to study and develop multiyear plans for improving the collection and quality of certain recreational fishing data; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings by December 1, 2022.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Neely Shoemaker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 410 on 05/16/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Pedestrians - Kent Island Drawbridge - Fishing Prohibition [HB-546]
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[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Prohibiting a pedestrian from catching or attempting to catch fish by any means on or under the Maryland Route 18 Kent Island Drawbridge over the Kent Narrows in Queen Anne's County.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 443 on 05/16/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Department of Natural Resources – Shrimp Fishery Regulations – Clarification [SB-537]
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[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Food ]
Clarifying the authority of the Department of Natural Resources to, notwithstanding certain provisions of law, adopt regulations governing any aspect of the shrimp fishery and establishing and implementing a pilot program related to fishing for shrimp.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Referred Environment And Transportation on 03/18/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Sport Fishing License and Recreational Fishing - Pilot Program and Task Force [SB-455]
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[Recreation ]
[Science ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
[Sports ]
[Animals ]
Establishing the Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Sport Fishing License Pilot Program to collect certain recreational fishing information and improve compliance with a certain registration requirement; establishing the Task Force on Recreational Fishing Data Collection and Licensing to study and develop multiyear plans for improving the collection and quality of certain recreational fishing data; and requiring the Task force to report its recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 409 on 05/16/2022
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Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission - Atlantic Menhaden - Prohibition on Commercial Reduction Fishing [SJR-6]
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Requesting the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to consider prohibiting the commercial reduction fishing of Atlantic menhaden, including the use of purse seines and spotter planes, in the Chesapeake Bay.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Conservation Finance Act [SB-348]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Providing that the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Maryland Environmental Trust must allow participants in certain cost sharing programs to participate in and receive compensation from greenhouse gas markets, carbon credits, or soil carbon programs under certain circumstances; authorizing certain units to enter into pay-for-success contracts with certain aggregators to procure certain environmental outcomes projects or already certified environmental outcomes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 238 on 04/21/2022