Sec. 08.02.15.02. Definitions

A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

B. Terms Defined.

(1) "Allocation" means pounds or numbers of striped bass which a striped bass permittee is provided on an annual basis.

(2) "Commercial tidal fish licensee" means a person licensed by the Department to catch and sell finfish.

(3) “Common Pool” means the fishery in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries comprised of the striped bass permittees who have chosen to combine their allocation with other striped bass permittees’ allocations. The total shared allocation is then available to be fished by all of those contributing striped bass permittees.

(4) "Facility" means a building or any part of a building, including a tank, refrigerator, or freezer.

(5) "Fishing guide licensee" means a person who has a fishing guide tidal fish license and, when fishing in tidal waters of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, a Maryland special charter boat license as provided under Natural Resources Article, §4-745, Annotated Code of Maryland.

(6) "Harvest" means to take, kill, trap, gather, catch, or in any manner reduce any fish to personal possession or to attempt to engage in this conduct.

(7) “Individual Transferrable Quota” means the fishery in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries that provides exclusive privileges to an individual by assigning a fixed share of the commercial striped bass quota to each individual registered with a striped bass permit.

(8) "Quota year" means a period of time beginning January 1 and ending the following December 31.

(9) "Striped bass permit" means a permit issued by the Department which allows a person the privilege to commercially harvest striped bass.

(10) “Share” means a percentage of the quota that is assigned to a specific striped bass permittee.

(11) "Tag" means the device approved by the Department that is used to identify the harvest year, harvest gear, and individual that commercially harvested a striped bass.

(12) "Target harvest" means pounds or numbers of striped bass allowed by the Department to be harvested in a quota year.

(13) "Total length" means the distance from the tip of the snout to the end of the longest lobe of the extended tail of a fish.

(14) "Whole fish" means the complete animal, including head, tail, gills, and viscera, not dismembered in any fashion.

(15) "Year class" means striped bass born in a given year.