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.04 Crab Scrapes
Scrape bar max 60 inches, no teeth, no weights to hold it down, max 80 lbs total. Two scrapes max per powered boat, can't link them together. Prohibited in several areas including upper Chesapeake. Hand scrapes (smaller, max 48" and 45 lbs) allowed in limited upper bay areas.
A. A crab scrape may not: (1) Have a bar wider than 60 inches; (2) Have teeth or projections of any kind; (3) Have a flat plate attached to the scraping bar; (4) Have a diver, chain, or other device attached to it or the taking line to hold the scrape to the bottom; and (5) Exceed 80 pounds in weight, including the bag. B. Number of Scrapes Permitted. (1) A person may not use more than two scrapes in any vessel that is propelled by an engine. (2) Scrapes may not be affixed to each other so as to form a single fishing unit. C. Prohibited Areas. (1) St. Mary's River — that portion lying upriver from a line drawn between Chancellor Point and Portobello Point; (2) Calvert Bay and Smith Creek — that portion north of a line drawn between Kitts Point and Lawson Point; (3) All submerged lands leased for shellfish cultivation; (4) The waters of the Chesapeake Bay and tidal tributaries north of a line extending from the southern point of Punch Island Creek in Dorchester County (Lat. 38°25'15.2"N., Long. 76°17'19.7"W.) to Cove Point in Calvert County (Lat. 38°23'05.4"N., Long. 76°22'52.3"W.). D. Hand Scrapes. A person may use a single scrape not wider than 48 inches and not heavier than 45 pounds north of the line defined in §C(4) in: (1) The area of the Chesapeake Bay east of a line drawn from Cook Point in Dorchester County to Hills Point; and (2) The waters of Queen Anne's County and Kent County.