Section 4-727 - Fishing restrictions - Worcester County.
§ 4-727. Fishing restrictions - Worcester County.
(a) Stationary nets.- A person may not fish with a stationary net extended completely across the middle third of the waters measured in a straight line from the east to west shoreline of Sinepuxent Bay north of South Point, Isle of Wight Bay, Assawoman Bay and St. Martin's River.
(b) Haul or set seines.- A person may not haul or fish with any haul or set seine, or leave or permit to remain setting, any set seine in the waters of Sinepuxent Bay and its tributaries north of South Point, during the period between 6 o'clock p.m. Saturday, and 6 o'clock a.m., of the following Monday.
(c) Herring Creek.- A person may only fish with a rod, or hook and line in the waters of Herring Creek which lie south of the State Road Bridge.
(d) Sinepuxent Bay.- A person may not fish in the waters of Sinepuxent Bay or its tributaries within the limits of Worcester County with any seine or net of any description having meshes less than one and one-half inches square. However, during the months of July, August, September, and October, a person may fish for fat backs and croakers with any seine or net of this description.
[An. Code 1957, art. 66C, § 285; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 4, § 1.]