(a) The Department may adopt regulations governing the use of patent tongs to harvest hard-shell clams in areas of Somerset County where the use of patent tongs to catch oysters is authorized. (b) (1) This subsection applies only in Somerset County. (2) A person may not catch hard-shell clams with patent tongs: (i) Between sunset on any day and sunrise the following day; or (ii) On Sundays. (3) The season for catching hard-shell clams with patent tongs is the same as the season for catching oysters with patent tongs as provided in § 4-1008.1 of this subtitle or as altered by regulations adopted under § 4-2A-05 of this title.
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