IBR documents are documents that are “Incorporated by Reference” into the Maryland Code of Regulations (COMAR). These are typically documents that go beyond the page maximum for a single regulation. By incorporating the document into regulation, the document becomes regulation. Each document can be found at the depository of libraries designated for incorporated by reference documents. Below is a list of documents incorporated by reference into Fisheries’ regulations.
Fishery Management Plans and Amendments:
COMAR 08.02.01.01
- Chesapeake Bay Alosid Management Plan (July 1989), and Amendment I 1989 Chesapeake Bay Alosid Management Plan (June 1998)
- Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Management Plan (July 1989); Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Management Plan (June 1997), Amendment I 1997 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan (October 2003), and Amendment #2 1997 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan May 31, 2012
- Chesapeake Bay Oyster Management Plan (July 1989), Chesapeake Bay 1994 Oyster Fishery Management Plan (December 1994), 2004 Chesapeake Bay Oyster Management Plan (December 2005), and Amendment I to the 2004 Chesapeake Bay Oyster Management Plan (September 2010)
- Chesapeake Bay Striped Bass Management Plan (December 1989), and Amendment I 1998 Chesapeake Bay Striped Bass Fishery Management Plan (CB SBFMP) (1998)
- Chesapeake Bay Bluefish Management Plan (December 1990), and Amendment I of the 1990 Chesapeake Bay Program Bluefish Fishery Management Plan (October 2003)
- Chesapeake Bay Weakfish and Spotted Sea Trout Management Plan (December 1990), and 2003 Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) (December 2003)
- Chesapeake Bay Summer Flounder Management Plan (December 1991) and Amendment I Chesapeake Bay Summer Flounder Management Plan (1998)
- Chesapeake Bay Atlantic Croaker and Spot Fishery Management Plan (December 1991)
- Chesapeake Bay American Eel Fishery Management Plan (December 1991)
- Chesapeake Bay Black Drum Fishery Management Plan (September 1993)
- Chesapeake Bay Red Drum Fishery Management Plan (September 1993)
- Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast Horseshoe Crab Fishery Management Plan (1994)
- Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (October 1996)
- Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast Tautog Fishery Management Plan (December 1998)
- Maryland Tidewater Yellow Perch Fishery Management Plan (November 2002)
- Coastal Bays Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan (September 2001)
- Coastal Bays Hard Clam Fishery Management Plan (February 2002)
Oysters:
COMAR 08.02.04.15
Oyster Sanctuaries of the Chesapeake Bay and Its Tidal Tributaries September 2010
COMAR 08.02.04.17
Public Shellfish Fishery Areas of the Chesapeake Bay and Its Tidal Tributaries - November 2016
Other Documents Referenced:
10.15.07.01
National Shellfish Sanitation Program Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish, 2011 Revision, Section I. Purpose and Definitions and Section II. Model Ordinance, except for Chapter IV, Shellstock Growing Areas