Oysters
Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Talbot County - Oyster House Project [SB-759]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Phillips Wharf Environmental Center, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Oyster House, located in Talbot County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
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Oyster Dredging - Waters North of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Kent Narrows Bridge [SB-466]
Authorizing a person to catch oysters by dredge in specified waters of the Chesapeake Bay north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the Kent Narrows Bridge.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Nonresident Recreational Fishing and Crabbing Licenses - Oyster Restoration Surcharge [SB-437]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to require a nonresident to pay a surcharge in addition to any license fees imposed under specified laws and regulations for specified recreational fishing and crabbing licenses; requiring the Department to establish the amount of the surcharge by regulation; requiring all surcharges collected under the Act to be credited to the Fisheries Research and Development Fund and used only for oyster restoration activities; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Fresh Oyster Shells - Purchase by County Oyster Committees [SB-1111]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to authorize county oyster committees to purchase annually up to 400,000 bushels of fresh oyster shells that have not gone through a hatchery for production of spat on the fresh oyster shell for placement on a public oyster fishery bottom; and making the Act an emergency measure.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Food Fish and Shellfish - Labeling and Identification Requirements (Maryland Seafood Authenticity and Enforcement Act) [HB-913]
Prohibiting a person from selling or offering for sale within the State any food fish or shellfish unless the person identifies the species of the food fish or shellfish in a specified manner; requiring that the species of a food fish or shellfish be identified by the common name provided in specified regulations or in a specified publication; prohibiting a person from knowingly misidentifying the species of a food fish or shellfish on a label, sign, or menu; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Talbot County - Oyster House Project [HB-753]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Phillips Wharf Environmental Center, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Oyster House, located in Talbot County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Nonresident Recreational Fishing and Crabbing Licenses - Oyster Restoration Surcharge [HB-618]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to require a nonresident to pay a surcharge in addition to any license fees imposed under specified laws and regulations for specified recreational fishing and crabbing licenses; requiring the Department to establish the amount of the surcharge by regulation; requiring all surcharges collected under the Act to be credited to the Fisheries Research and Development Fund and used only for oyster restoration activities; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Fresh Oyster Shells - Purchase by County Oyster Committees [HB-1551]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to authorize county oyster committees to purchase annually up to 400,000 bushels of fresh oyster shells that have not gone through a hatchery for production of spat on the fresh oyster shell for placement on a public oyster fishery bottom; and making the Act an emergency measure.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Oyster Dredging - Waters North of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Kent Narrows Bridge [HB-1155]
Authorizing a person to catch oysters by dredge in specified waters of the Chesapeake Bay north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the Kent Narrows Bridge.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Designation of Oyster Sanctuaries - Moratorium [SB-984]
Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from designating a new oyster sanctuary in State waters before October 1, 2018.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Oyster Dredging - Waters North of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Kent Narrows Bridge [SB-795]
Adding the waters of Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Cecil County, Harford County, Kent County, and Queen Anne's County that lie north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the Kent Narrows Bridge to the areas of State waters in the Chesapeake Bay where a person may catch oysters by dredge.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Fish and Fisheries [SB-59]
Repealing an exemption for specified veterans' hospital patients from the requirement to obtain an angler's license under specified circumstances; repealing a provision of law that lists nontidal species for which the Department of Natural Resources is required to establish open seasons; repealing provisions of law that prohibit a person from using, and authorize a person to use, specified devices while catching fish under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Income Tax Credit - Oyster Shell Recycling [SB-484]
Allowing an individual or corporation a $1 credit against the State income tax for each bushel of oyster shells recycled during the taxable year; providing that the credit may not exceed $750 during a taxable year; requiring the Department of Natural Resources and the Comptroller jointly to adopt regulations to authorize businesses, landfills, and nonprofit organizations to verify the amount of oyster shells recycled by each individual or corporation; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Aquaculture - Shellfish Nursery Permits [SB-464]
Prohibiting a person from engaging in the commercial rearing of shellfish seed outside specified leased areas without first obtaining a shellfish nursery permit from the Department of Natural Resources; placing limitations on the issuance and scope of a permit for land-based and in-water shellfish nursery operations; exempting shellfish nursery products from specified water quality classifications and restrictions; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Potomac River Fisheries Commission - Inspection Tax and Penalty [SB-344]
Establishing a maximum oyster inspection tax that may be imposed by the Potomac River Fisheries Commission; requiring the Potomac River Fisheries Commission to use the proceeds of the oyster inspection tax solely for planting seed or shell oyster on working bottom; increasing a maximum penalty for the violation of specified regulations; making the Act subject to a specified contingency; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Oysters - Power Dredging - Time Period [SB-1032]
Increasing from 2 to 3 the maximum number of days per week that the Department of Natural Resources may authorize a specified dredge boat to operate under the power of an auxiliary yawl boat while dredging for oysters in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Oyster Harvesting - Bulk Oyster Tags [SB-1018]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to develop a bulk oyster tag for use by individuals licensed to catch oysters in the State; requiring the Department to authorize an individual to use a single bulk oyster tag to identify multiple containers of oysters harvested from a single bar on a single day; establishing requirements for a bulk oyster tag; and prohibiting the Department from requiring additional tagging of specified containers.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Restricted Shellfish Harvest Areas - Water Testing [HB-96]
Repealing the requirement that the Department of the Environment test the waters in restricted shellfish harvest areas at specified frequencies under specified circumstances.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Oyster Harvesting - Distribution of Oyster Tags [HB-622]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to provide at least a 30-day supply of oyster tags whenever the Department distributes oyster tags to an individual licensed to catch oysters.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Potomac River Fisheries Commission - Inspection Tax and Penalty [HB-357]
Establishing a maximum oyster inspection tax that may be imposed by the Potomac River Fisheries Commission; requiring the Potomac River Fisheries Commission to use the proceeds of the oyster inspection tax solely for planting seed or shell oyster on working bottom; increasing a maximum penalty for the violation of specified regulations; making the Act subject to a specified contingency; etc.