Md. Code, Natural Resources § 4-801
Md. Code, Natural Resources § 4-801
in effect(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) “Buckram crab” means a crab that has a paper shell.
(c) “Crab” means the blue crab species.
(d) “Green crab” means an under-developed peeler.
(e) “Peeler” means a crab which has a soft shell that is developing under the hard shell, on which there is a white, pink, or red line or rim on the edge of that part of the back fin next to the outer section of this fin.
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