1. For crab fishing as defined in Article 5 (4), only crab pots (traps) are authorized. This fishery shall be limited to sexually mature male crabs; all female and undersized male crabs shall be released unharmed.
2. The Maryland crab pot is an enclosed framework of wire with four openings where the crabs enter to eat the bait. When the crabs cannot leave the same way they entered, they float upward and go through the openings of the inner wire portion of the pot. If the crab is trapped and cannot escape from your equipment, then the device is referred to as a crab pot, which is similar to what commercial crabbers use.
