| MD | HB857 | Pass | Repealing a restriction which prohibited the harvesting of shellfish between the hours of sunset and sunrise from certain areas leased for aquaculture; and requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish by regulation the hours for harvest... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 550 |
| MD | SB879 | Pass | Repealing a restriction on the harvesting of shellfish between the hours of sunset and sunrise from certain areas leased for aquaculture; and requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish by regulation the hours for harvesting shellfish ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 551 |
| MD | SB922 | Pass | Repealing a provision of law prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from taking any action to reduce or alter the boundaries of certain oyster sanctuaries until the Department has developed a certain updated fishery management plan for oyste... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 544 |
| MD | HB1231 | Pass | Repealing a provision of law prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from taking any action to reduce or alter the boundaries of certain oyster sanctuaries until the Department has developed a certain updated fishery management plan for oyste... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 543 |
| MD | HB613 | Pass | Altering certain authorizations to recreationally catch clams in the State; establishing a recreational oyster license; requiring an applicant for a recreational oyster license to be at least 16 years of age; requiring the Department of Natural Resou... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 518 |
| MD | SB1118 | Pass | Requiring certain persons licensed or regulated with respect to fish and fisheries by the Department of Natural Resources to submit reports in accordance with regulations adopted by the Department. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 520 |
| MD | HB1165 | Pass | Requiring, in each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030, up to $100,000 from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be used to fund certain operations grants at a rate of $20,000 per project sponsor each fiscal year; authorizing th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 558 |
| MD | SB301 | Pass | Extending to June 30, 2027, the authorization of a leaseholder of certain aquaculture leases to, with prior written approval from the Department of Natural Resources, place shellfish, bags, nets, and structures on submerged aquatic vegetation, subjec... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 113 |
| MD | SB303 | Pass | Altering the definition of "shellfish" as it relates to certain provisions of law governing aquaculture to include live bivalves and bivalve shells. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 114 |
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Sine Die | Supporting the Governor's request for a federal commercial fishery disaster declaration; and encouraging further efforts to obtain federal assistance to protect and rehabilitate the State's commercial fisheries as a result of an abundance of invasive... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
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Sine Die | Supporting the Governor's request for a federal commercial fishery disaster declaration; and encouraging further efforts to obtain federal assistance to protect and rehabilitate the State's commercial fisheries as a result of an abundance of invasive... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |