Md. Code Regs. 08.02.19.04 - Classification of Nonnative Aquatic Organisms
A.
A person may not import, transport, purchase, possess, propagate, sell, or release
into State waters the following nonnative aquatic organisms:
(1) Fish species:
(a) Alabama bass (Micropterus hensalli);
(b) Asian horseshoe crabs (Tachypleus
tridentatus, Tachypleus gigas, Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda);
(c) Asian swamp eel (Monoterus albus);
(d) Bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys
nobilis);
(e) Black carp (Mylopharynodon
piceus);
(f) Candiru (Vandellia
cirrhosa);
(g) Chinese mitten crab
(Eriocheir sinensis);
(h) Eurasian river
ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus);
(i) Grass
carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella);
(j)
Marbled crayfish (marmorkrebs) (Procambarus sp.);
(k) New Zealand Mudsnail (Potamopyrgus
anitpodarum);
(l) Quagga mussel
(Dreissena bugensis);
(m) Red shiner
(Notropis lutrensis, Cyprinella lutrensis);
(n) Round goby (Neogobius melanostomus);
(o) Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus);
(p) Rusty crayfish (Orconectes
rusticus);
(q) Silver carp
(Hypophthalmichthys molitrix);
(r)
Spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus);
(s) Veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa);
(t) Walking catfish (Clarius batrachus);
and
(u) Zebra mussel (Dreissena
polymorpha); and
(2) Aquatic
plant species:
(a) Giant salvinia (Salvinia
molesta); and
(b) Green Caulerpa seaweed
(Caulerpa taxifolia).
B. A person may not transport the following
nonnative aquatic organisms:
(1) Fish species:
(a) Blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus);
(b) Flathead catfish (Pylodictis
olivaris);
(c) Green crab (Carcinus
manenas);
(d) Japanese shore crab
(Hemigrapsus sanguineus);
(e) Mimic
shiner (Notropis volucellus);
(f) Red
swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii);
(g) Southern white river crayfish (Procambarus
zonangulus); and
(h) Virile crayfish
(Orconectes virilis); and
(2)
Aquatic plant species:
(a) Brazilian elodea
(Egeria densa);
(b) Hydrilla (Hydrilla
verticillata);
(c) Parrot feather
(Myriophyllum aquaticum, Myriophyllum brasiliense); and
(d) Water chestnut (Trapa natans).
C. A person may not import,
transport, purchase, propagate, sell, or release into State waters the following
nonnative aquatic organisms:
(1) Australian
crayfish of genus Cherax (Cherax);
(2)
Chinese mystery snail (Cipangopaludina chinensis, Viviparus malleatus);
and
(3) Oriental weatherfish (Misgurnus
anguillicaudatus).
D. Permit.
(1) A person may not import, transport, purchase,
possess, propagate, or sell a nonnative aquatic organism listed in §A of this
regulation, or transport a nonnative aquatic organism listed in §B of this
regulation, or import, transport, purchase, propagate, or sell a nonnative aquatic
organism listed in §C of this regulation, unless the person has been issued a
permit by the Department, as specified in Natural Resources Article, §
4-212 or 4-11 A-02,
Annotated Code of Maryland.
(2) A permit
may be granted only if satisfactory proof is presented to the Department that the
organism is free of a communicable disease.
(3) An application for the permit shall be filed
with the Department not less than 60 days before the proposed date of
importation.
(4) An application for an
activity listed in §D(1) of this regulation that is in progress at the time of
adoption of this regulation shall be filed within 60 days after the date of adoption
of this regulation.
(5) A permitted
nonnative aquatic organism may be held only in a secure facility from which escape
into State waters is not possible.
(6) A
permit is not required if:
(a) The species is
being transported to the Department or another destination as the Secretary may
direct:
(i) In a sealed container or dead;
and
(ii) For purposes of species
identification or reporting the presence of the species; or
(b) The specimen has been lawfully acquired dead
and, in the case of plant species, all seeds are removed or otherwise secured in a
sealed container or is in the form of herbaria or other preserved museum
specimens.
Notes
Regulation .04A amended effective September 24, 2007 (34:19 Md. R. 1649); August 24, 2009 (36:17 Md. R. 1312);40:21 Md. R. 1774, eff.
Regulation .04B amended effective August 24, 2009 (36:17 Md. R. 1312); October 17, 2011 (38:21 Md. R. 1276); amended effective 48:6 Md. R. 237, eff.
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