Md. Code Regs. 08.02.05.29 - [Effective until 8/5/2024] Snapper Grouper Complex
A. Snapper Grouper
Management Groups.
(1) Grouper. The following
species of the snapper grouper complex are defined as grouper:
(a) Black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci);
(b) Coney (Cephalopholis fulva);
(c) Gag grouper (Mycteroperca
microlepis);
(d) Goliath grouper
(Epinephelus itajara);
(e) Graysby
(Cephalopholis cruentata);
(f) Misty
grouper (Epinephelus mystacinus);
(g)
Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus);
(h) Red grouper (Epinephelus morio);
(i) Red hind (Epinephelus guttatus);
(j) Rock hind (Epinephelus
adscensionis);
(k) Scamp (Mycteroperca
phenax);
(l) Snowy grouper (Epinephelus
niveatus);
(m) Speckled hind
(Epinephelus drummondhayi);
(n) Tiger
grouper (Mycteroperca tigris);
(o)
Warsaw grouper (Epinephelus nigritus);
(p) Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus);
(q) Yellowedge grouper (Epinephelus
flavolimbatus);
(r) Yellowfin grouper
(Mycteroperca venenosa); and
(s)
Yellowmouth grouper (Mycteroperca interstitialis).
(2) Sheepshead (Archosargus
probatocephalus).
(3) Other. The
remaining species of the snapper grouper complex are:
(a) Queen snapper (Etelis oculatus);
(b) Yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus
chrysurus);
(c) Gray snapper (Lutjanus
griseus);
(d) Mutton snapper (Lutjanus
analis);
(e) Lane snapper (Lutjanus
synagris);
(f) Cubera snapper (Lutjanus
cyanopterus);
(g) Dog snapper (Lutjanus
jocu);
(h) Schoolmaster (Lutjanus
apodus);
(i) Mahogany snapper (Lutjanus
mahogoni);
(j) Vermilion snapper
(Rhomboplites aurorubens);
(k) Red
snapper (Lutjanus campechanus);
(l) Silk
snapper (Lutjanus vivanus);
(m) Blackfin
snapper (Lutjanus buccanella);
(n) Black
snapper (Apsilus dentatus);
(o) Red
porgy (Pagrus pagrus);
(r) Knobbed porgy
(Calamus nodosus);
(s) Jolthead porgy
(Calamus bajonado);
(t) Whitebone porgy
(Calamus leucosteus);
(u) Saucereye
porgy (Calamus calamus);
(v) Grass porgy
(Calamus arctifrons);
(w) Longspine
porgy (Stenotomus caprinus);
(x) White
grunt (Haemulon plumieri);
(w) Black
margate (Anisotremus surinamensis);
(x)
Margate (Haemulon album);
(y) Tomtate
(Haemulon aurolineatum);
(z) Sailor's
choice (Haemulon parra);
(aa) Porkfish
(Anisotremus virginicus);
(bb)
Bluestriped grunt (Haemulon sciurus);
(cc) French grunt (Haemulon
flavolineatum);
(dd) Cottonwick
(Haemulon melanurum);
(ee) Spanish grunt
(Haemulon macrostomum);
(ff) Smallmouth
grunt (Haemulon chrysargyreum);
(gg)
Greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili);
(hh) Crevalle jack (Caranx hippos);
(ii) Blue runner (Caranx crysos);
(jj) Almaco jack (Seriola rivoliana);
(kk) Banded rudderfish (Seriola zonata);
(ll) Bar jack (Caranx ruber);
(mm) Lesser amberjack (Seriola
fasciata);
(nn) Yellow jack (Caranx
bartholomaei);
(oo) Gray triggerfish
(Balistes capriscus);
(pp) Ocean
triggerfish (Canthidermis sufflamen);
(qq) Queen triggerfish (Balistes
vetula);
(rr) Hogfish (Lachnolaimus
maximus);
(ss) Puddingwife (Halichoeres
radiates); and
(tt) Atlantic spadefish
(Chaetodipterus faber).
B. Season. The season for taking species listed in
§A of this regulation is January 1 through December 31.
C. Size Limit. There is no minimum or maximum size
limit for the species listed in §A of this regulation.
D. Recreational. An individual may not catch or
possess more than:
(1) One of any species or any
combination of the species listed in §A(1) of this regulation;
(2) Four sheepshead; and
(3) 20 of any species or any combination of the
species listed in §A(3) of this regulation.
E. Commercial.
(1) The weight limits of this section are the
total combined weight of all species defined as grouper.
(2) Grouper. A commercial licensee may not
harvest, possess, or land more than 175 pounds of grouper per
trip.
F. Public Notice.
(1) The Secretary may establish or modify catch
limits, size limits, and seasons for species identified in §A of this
regulation in order to comply with species management through National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, by issuing a public notice on the Department's
website.
(2) The public notice shall
state its effective hour and date and shall be published on the Department's website
at least 48 hours in advance of the effective hour and date.
(3) The Secretary shall make a reasonable effort
to disseminate public notice through various other media so that an affected person
has reasonable opportunity to be informed.
(4) A violation of the restrictions set by the
Secretary in accordance with this section is a violation of this
regulation.
Notes
Regulation .29 amended effective March 21, 2011 (38:6 Md. R. 393)
Regulation .29D, F amended effective August 22, 2011 (38:17 Md. R. 1012)
Regulation .29 amended effective 42:6 Md. R. 511, eff.
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