Md. Code Regs. 08.03.07.04 - Sea Duck Shooting Zone
A. In the Special Sea
Duck Zone, a person may hunt sea ducks (scoters, long-tailed ducks, and eider ducks)
by shooting from a boat or floating blind which is anchored, drifting, sculled, or
paddled, or while standing in the water on the natural bottom only in the following
areas:
(1) The part of the open waters of the
Chesapeake Bay described as follows: Keeping to the south of a line drawn between
the southernmost tip of Turkey Point, Cecil County, and the easternmost tip of Sandy
Point, Harford County; keeping to the southeast of a line drawn from the
southernmost tip of Abbey Point, Harford County and the easternmost tip of Lego
Point, Harford County; keeping to the south of a line drawn from Rickett Point,
Harford County and the southernmost tip of Lower I Point, Baltimore County; keeping
to the east of a line drawn from the southernmost tip of North Point, Baltimore
County to the northernmost tip of Rock Point, Anne Arundel County; keeping to the
east of a line drawn between the southernmost tip of Mountain Point, Anne Arundel
County to the northernmost point of Persimmon Point, Anne Arundel County; keeping to
the southeast of a line drawn between the southernmost tip of Hackett Point, Anne
Arundel County and the southernmost tip of Greenbury Point, Anne Arundel County;
keeping to the east of a line drawn from the southernmost tip of Greenbury Point,
Anne Arundel County to the easternmost tip of Tolly Point, Anne Arundel County;
keeping to the southeast of a line drawn from the easternmost tip of Thomas Point,
Anne Arundel County and the easternmost tip of Saunders Point, Anne Arundel County;
keeping to the northeast of a line drawn from the southernmost tip of Dutchman
Point, Anne Arundel County to the northernmost tip of Curtis Point, Anne Arundel
County; keeping to the northeast of a line drawn between the southernmost tip of
Drum Point, Calvert County and the northernmost point of Hog Point, St. Mary's
County; keeping to the east of the western shore of St. Mary's County to Point
Lookout, St. Mary's County; keeping to the southwest of a line drawn between the
westernmost tip of Pry Island, Somerset County and the southernmost tip of Holland
Island, Dorchester County; keeping to the southeast of a line drawn between the
center of Norman Cove, Dorchester County and the southernmost tip of Lower Hooper
Island, Dorchester County; keeping to the west of a line drawn between Quick
Flashing Red Bell Buoy No. 10 and the southernmost tip of Black Walnut Point, Talbot
County; keeping to the northwest of a line drawn between the westernmost tip of
Howell Point, Kent County and the westernmost tip of Grove Point, Cecil County; and
keeping to the southwest of a line drawn between the northwesternmost tip of Wroth
Point, Cecil County and the southernmost tip of Turkey Point, Cecil
County;
(2) That part of the open waters
of the Middle River in Baltimore County described as follows: Keeping to the south
of a line drawn between the southernmost tip of Lower I Point and the southernmost
tip of Bowley Point; and keeping to the north of a line drawn between the
southernmost tip of Wells Point and the northernmost tip of Miller Island;
(3) That part of the open waters of the Potomac
River in St. Mary's and Charles counties described as follows: Keeping to the south
of a line drawn between the southernmost tip of Kits Point, St. Mary's County and
the southernmost tip of Deep Point, St. Mary's County; keeping to the south of a
line drawn between the southernmost tip of Huggins Point, St. Mary's County and the
southernmost tip of St. Clements Island, St. Mary's County; keeping to the southwest
of a line drawn between the northwesternmost tip of St. Catherine Island, St. Mary's
County and the southernmost tip of Cobb Island, Charles County; keeping to the south
of a line drawn true east across the mouth of Port Tobacco River from the
easternmost tip of Windmill Point, Charles County to where that line intersects the
shoreline above Mt. Air Road, Charles County; and keeping to the south of a line
drawn between the westernmost tip of Sandy Point, Charles County and the mouth of
Chopawamsic Creek, Stafford County, Virginia;
(4) That part of the open waters of the Chester
River in Queen Anne's and Kent counties described as follows: Keeping to the west of
a line drawn between the northernmost tip of Coursey Point, Queen Anne's County and
the southernmost tip of Cedar Point, Kent County;
(5) That part of the open waters of Eastern Bay
and Miles River in Queen Anne's and Talbot counties described as follows: Keeping to
the southeast of a line drawn between Romancoke pier, Queen Anne's County and Bodkin
Island, Queen Anne's County; keeping to the south of a line drawn between Bodkin
Island, Queen Anne's County and the southwesternmost tip of Parsons Island, Queen
Anne's County; keeping to the south of a line drawn between the southernmost tip of
Narrow Point, Queen Anne's County and the southernmost point of Brian Point, Queen
Anne's County; and keeping to the north of a line drawn between Bennett Point, Queen
Anne's County and Tilghman Point, Talbot County;
(6) That part of the open waters of the Choptank
River in Talbot and Dorchester counties described as follows: Keeping to the south
of a line drawn between the southernmost tip of Blackwalnut Point, Talbot County,
thence to the southernmost tip of Bar Neck, thence to the southernmost tip of Change
Point, thence to the southernmost tip of Nelson Point, thence to the southernmost
tip of Benoni Point, thence to the southernmost tip of Chlora Point; keeping west of
a line drawn from the southernmost tip of Chlora Point, thence to the northernmost
tip of Castle Haven, Dorchester County; keeping north of a line drawn from the
northernmost tip of Castle Haven, thence to the northernmost tip of Cook
Point;
(7) That part of the open waters
of the Little Choptank River, Dorchester County described as follows: Keeping to the
west of a line drawn between the southernmost tip of Casson Point and the
northernmost tip of Susquehanna Point;
(8) That part of the open waters of Tangier Sound,
Fishing Bay, Monie Bay, Manokin River, Big Annemessex River, and Kedges Straits in
Dorchester, Wicomico, and Somerset counties described as follows: Keeping to the
south of a line drawn between the westernmost tip of Roasting Ear Point, Dorchester
County and the mouth of McCreadys Creek, Dorchester County; keeping to the south of
a line drawn between the southernmost tip of Frog Point, Dorchester County and the
southernmost tip of Nanticoke Point, Wicomico County; keeping to the south of a line
drawn between the southernmost tip of Nanticoke Point, Wicomico County and the
westernmost tip of Wingate Point, Somerset County; and keeping to the south of a
line drawn between St. Pierre Island, Somerset County and the northernmost tip of
Cormal Point, Somerset County;
(9) The
open waters of Pocomoke Sound, Somerset County and in Chincoteague Bay, Newport Bay
and Isle of Wight Bay, Worcester County; and
(10) The waters of the Atlantic Ocean opposite the
Maryland Shore.
B. A person
may not hunt within 800 yards of any shore described in §A(1)-(9) emerging at
mean low water.
C. A person may not hunt
within 500 yards of any bridge, road, or causeway or within 250 yards of any person
hunting wild waterfowl.
D. Hunters may
pursue and shoot crippled waterfowl in a vessel (boat) under power in the Special
Sea Duck Zone.
Notes
Regulation .04A amended effective July 25, 1988 (15:15 Md. R. 1809); August 15, 1994 (21:16 Md. R. 1382); September 4, 2000 (27:17 Md. R. 1618); September 3, 2001 (28:17 Md. R. 1555)
Regulation .04C amended effective September 4, 2000 (27:17 Md. R. 1618); amended effective 49:16 Md. R.758, eff.
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