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"The following are Maryland Fisheries related house bills currently be presented to State legislators, this list is updated periodically throughout the annual State legislative session in Annapolis:
HB 16 - State Government - Administrative Procedures Act - Effective Date of Adopted Regulations (House Environmental Matters, 1st Reader)The bill alters the effective date of regulations not federally mandated adopted under the Administrative Procedure Act. The bill creates a schedule of four effective dates throughout the year (January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1).
SB 46 - Natural Resources - Shark or Elasmobranch Fins - Restriction on Possession, Distribution, or Consumption (Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs, 1st Reader)This bill generally prohibits a person from possessing, selling, offering for sale, trading, or distributing a shark fin. The bill authorizes a person to possess a shark fin and use an unprocessed ray or skate as bait in specified circumstances. Also, a museum, college, or university is authorized to possess a shark fin if the shark fin is used solely for display or research purposes and is prohibited from selling a shark fin when it is no longer used for such purposes. The bill also prohibits a person from selling or consuming shark fin soup. A "shark fin" is the raw, dried, or otherwise processed detached fin or tail of a shark or other elasmobranch. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) must adopt implementing regulations.
SB 59- Natural Resources - Fish and Fisheries (Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs, 1st Reader: Hearing 1/15/13 2pm)This departmental bill repeals, clarifies, and modifies provisions of State fish and fisheries laws primarily relating to the allowable manner, places, and times for catching, and size limits applicable to, certain species of fish (including crabs, oysters, and clams) that are inconsistent with State regulations, unnecessary, or obsolete. To ensure consistency with federal requirements under the National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) and existing NSSP regulations under the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH), the bill repeals provisions concerning shellfish buying stations and oyster measurement containers, and instead authorizes the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to adopt regulations (1) establishing procedures for selling oysters and clams and (2) governing the size, type, and use of containers used to measure oysters harvested or sold in the State.
SB 21 - Natural Resources - Aquaculture Coordinating Council - Reporting Date - Cross-filed HB 72 (Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs, 1st Reader: Hearing 1/23/13 2pm) This bill alters the date by which the Aquaculture Coordinating Council must formulate and make proposals for advancing Maryland aquaculture from October 1 annually to June 30 annually.
HB 72 - Natural Resources - Aquaculture Coordinating Council - Reporting Date - Cross-filed SB 21 (House Environmental Matters, 1st Reader) This bill alters the date by which the Aquaculture Coordinating Council must formulate and make proposals for advancing Maryland aquaculture from October 1 annually to June 30 annually.
HB 96 - Natural Resources - Restricted Shellfish Harvest Areas- Water Testing (House Environmental Matters, 1st Reader) The bill repeals the requirement that the Department of Environment test water in restricted areas or inspect the source of pollution of the water within certain time frequencies.
SB 163 - Commercial Fishing and Seafood Operations - Nuisance Actions - Exemption (Senate Education, Health, Environmental Affairs, 1st Reader) The bill expands the application of specified provisions of law relating to the protection of agricultural operations from nuisance actions under certain circumstances to apply to commercial fishing and seafood operations. Commercial fishing and seafood operations are exempted from nuisance lawsuits and the bill authorizes an appeal of a local agency's decision on a nuisance complaint against a commercial fishing or seafood operation to a circuit court."
Boom...Morgan
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