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    Crabbing license/traps question

    With a recreational license can we use collapsible crab pots? Or are we limited to open-top box/pyramid/hoop traps?
    I just got my license and want to make sure I get the right kind of trap before I go out on the water.
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    Hope this help you answer your question.

    http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries...?page=bluecrab

    A. Lawful Gear.

    (1) A person may catch crabs in the tidal waters of Maryland only with the gear authorized in this chapter.

    (2) Diving Apparatus. A person may not possess or catch crabs in the tidal waters of Maryland using diving apparatus by itself, or in conjunction with any of the other methods authorized in this chapter.

    (3) Gear designated to catch crabs and defined in this chapter, except for a seine, is not considered a net under the definition listed in COMAR 08.02.05.02.

    B. Recreational Gear—Definitions.

    (1) The gear defined in this section may be used to catch crabs for recreational purposes.

    (2) "Collapsible crab trap" means a manually operated, portable device:

    (a) Having a flat bottom not more than 20 inches by 15 inches, and not more than four articulated sides; and

    (b) Designed so that failure to apply manually exerted tension on the closing mechanism allows the crabs to escape.

    (3) "Crab net ring" means netting supported by a ring-shaped rim less than or equal to 30 inches in diameter.

    (4) "Crab pot" means a cube-shaped or rectangular shaped device with openings toward the inside for the entrance of crabs.

    (5) "Dip net" means a mesh bag of netting or wire which is suspended from a circular, oval, or a rectangular frame attached to a handle.

    (6) "Handline" means a fishing line managed primarily by hand.

    (7) "Trotline" means a length of rope or line, buoyed at both ends with one or more anchors, which is baited without hooks or snares at intervals for the purpose of catching crabs.

    (8) "Seine" means an encircling type of net which is not more than 50 feet long and 5 feet wide.


    Taken from:

    http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/com...8.02.03.01.htm

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