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3/19/2016 Blue Crabs ­ Chesapeake Bay & Its Tidal Tributaries | Maryland Fishing Guide | eRegulations Fishing Hunting Main General Information Licensing Information General Regulations Nontidal Fishing Tidal Fishing Crabbing West Marin... Whiteca... Telescoping T­Handle Surface Hatch Adjuste... Mount Latch, Bl... $49.99 $35.99 Blue Crabs – Chesapeake Bay & Its Tidal Tributaries Season April 1 through December 15. Time of Day Restrictions Rivers, creeks and tributaries: West Marine April and October through Dec. 15—one half hour after sunrise to sunset. Telescoping May through September—one half hour before sunrise to sunset. Hatch Adjuste... $49.99 Chesapeake Bay Mainstem: April and October through Dec. 15—one half hour after sunrise to 5:00 p.m. May through September—one half hour before sunrise to 5:00 p.m. It is illegal to set or fish crabbing gear prior to or after the time restrictions. Using properly registered crab pots on private property, dip nets or handlines is permitted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Day of Week No recreational crabbing is allowed on Wednesdays except: When using crab pots from private property; When using handlines or dip nets; During a week when a state or federal holiday falls on a Wednesday or Thursday. Minimum Size Limits (measured from tip to tip of spikes) Male hard crab: April 1 to July 14—5 inches July 15 to December 15—5¼ inches Male peeler crab: April 1 to July 14—3¼ inches July 15 to December15—3½ inches Soft crab: April 1 to December 15—3½ inches It is Illegal for a Recreational Crabber: To sell crabs. To possess an egg­bearing (sponge) crab or any female hard or peeler crab. To set or fish a trotline, collapsible trap or crab net ring within 100 feet of another individual’s set gear. To fish crab gear which belongs to another person. To harvest crabs while SCUBA diving. Additional Crab Pot Rules Crab pots must have 2 cull rings, one measuring at least ²³∕₁₆ inches and one at least ²⁵∕₁₆ inches located in the exterior side panel or the top panels of the pot. Crab pots must have a turtle excluder device attached to each entrance or funnel in the lower chamber constructed of wire or plastic, rectangular in shape not larger than 1¾ inches high by 4¾ inches long http://www.eregulations.com/maryland/fishing/blue­crabs­chesapeake­bay­its­tidal­tributaries/ 1/3

3/19/2016 Blue Crabs ­ Chesapeake Bay & Its Tidal Tributaries | Maryland Fishing Guide | eRegulations The Amount of Gear Allowed for Unlicensed and Licensed Recreational Crabbing Handlines License Crab Pots on Collapsible Traps Status and Dip Nets Private Property Trotline and Net Rings Seine Eel Pots Free Conceal Carry Guide usconcealedcarry.net Unlicensed Unlimited Not Allowed Not Allowed Not Allowed Not Allowed Do You Know Your Rights? Get Your Free A maximum of 2 Up to 30 registered crab traps, rings Concealed Carry Guide Today! pots per or property combination regardless of of both* Get Google Chrome the number of Must be owners or marked with Up to lessees. 1200ft* a buoy Up to Get Driving Directions These pots must bearing your Must Mesh 10 eel be: DNRid Marked have floats unless cannot be pots for catching Hassle Free Boating with your attached to of the greater your DNRid a pier, wharf same than ¼” own bait Set in or boat color, Cannot Must be front of Traps must size, exceed labeled private have a flat shape 50′ in with property bottom Licensed Unlimited on width your within measuring each and 5′ DNRid 100 no more end in and yards of than 20 Floats height may not shore inches by 15 must Must be be set Attached inches and be emptied in a by a line have no marked from buoy­ to the more than with shore free property four your channel or articulated DNRid marked sides by a Net rings buoy or must have a pole and diameter sign less than or equal to 30 inches *The amount of gear is per boat regardless of the number of licensees or individuals on board Daily Creel/Possession Limits Daily Creel / Possession Limit license Male Hard Male Peelers, Soft crabs Crabs or combination From shore Unlicensed From unlicensed boat 2 dozen 1 dozen Individual From waterfront crab pots From shore Licensed From unlicensed boat 1 bushel 2 dozen Individual From waterfront crab pots Boat Limits With 2 or more unlicensed 4 dozen 1 dozen Unlicensed With 1 licensee and any number of unlicensed individuals 1 bushel 2 dozen BOAT With 2 or more licensees and any number of unlicensed 2 bushels 2 dozen individuals With 1 or more unlicensed With 1 licensee With owner and any number of unlicensed 1 bushel 2 dozen individuals Licensed BOAT With 2 or more licensees with any number of unlicensed individuals With a licensee who is not the owner and any 2 bushels 2 dozen number of unlicensed individuals Conservation Partner Advertisements: The Maryland Department of Natural Resources allows appropriate advertising in its annual regulation guides in print and online, in order to defray or eliminate expenses to the state, and support enhanced communications with Maryland Department of Natural Resources Constituents. Through a unique partnership with J.F.Griffin Publishing, LLC & eRegulations.com, ‘Conservation Partners’ have been established that pay for advertising in support of the regulations both in print and online. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources neither endorses products or services listed or claims made; nor accepts any liability arising from the use of products or services listed. Advertisers interested in the Conservation Partners program should contact J.F.Griffin/eRegulations.com directly at 413­884­1001, J.F. Griffin reaches 20 million sportsmen every year through our print and digital publications. We produce 47 hunting and fishing regulation guides for 22 state agencies. http://www.eregulations.com/maryland/fishing/blue­crabs­chesapeake­bay­its­tidal­tributaries/ 2/3


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