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2015 Maryland Code
NATURAL RESOURCES
Title 4 - FISH AND FISHERIES
Subtitle 5 - OBSTRUCTING THE PASSAGE OF FISH; INTERFERENCE WITH NETS AND FISHING, AND OTHER PROHIBITIONS GENERALLY
§ 4-504 - Threshing streams prohibited; exception in Kent and Queen Anne's counties

MD Nat Res Code § 4-504 (2015) What's This?

A person may not whip or beat any waters of the State with a pole, stick, or any other thing in order to drive fish into any device for catching fish. In Kent County and Queen Anne's County, this section applies only to waters of the Sassafras River and its tributaries.

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