Maryland Natural Resources Section 4-1021.1

      (a)      The Department may adopt regulations governing the use of patent tongs to harvest hard-shell clams in areas of Somerset County where the use of patent tongs to catch oysters is authorized.

      (b)      (1)      This subsection applies only in Somerset County.

            (2)      A person may not catch hard-shell clams with patent tongs:

                  (i)      Between sunset on any day and sunrise the following day; or

                  (ii)      On Sundays.

            (3)      The season for catching hard-shell clams with patent tongs is the same as the season for catching oysters with patent tongs as provided in § 4-1008.1 of this subtitle or as altered by regulations adopted under § 4-2A-05 of this title.