Md. Code Regs. 08.03.11.09

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 12, June 14, 2024

Section 08.03.11.09 - Unlawful Methods for Taking from the Wild

A. A person may not take any reptile or amphibian regulated by this chapter by:

(1) Lethal methods;

(2) The use of a hook and line, trot line, bow and arrow, spear, gig or gig iron, or any other device capable of piercing any part of the reptile or amphibian;

(3) Use of traps, pit falls, snares, seines, or nets other than dip nets; or

(4) Use of chemicals, including gasoline.

B. A person may not destroy or alter dens, burrows, basking sites, nests, hibernating sites, or other places of refuge of reptiles or amphibians.

Md. Code Regs. 08.03.11.09

Regulations .09 adopted as an emergency provision effective April 1, 1993 (20:8 Md. R. 712); emergency status extended at 20:16 Md. R. 1274 (Emergency provisions are temporary and not printed in COMAR)
Regulations .09 adopted effective December 1, 1993 (20:23 Md. R. 1803)
Regulation .09A amended effective March 24, 2008 (35:6 Md. R. 697)
Regulation .09B amended effective June 28, 2010 (37:13 Md. R. 851)