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    Public Shellfishery Areas

    Metadata Updated: January 3, 2026

    The specific coordinates of Public Shellfish Fishery Areas (PSFA) in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries are described in the document, "Public Shellfish Fishery Areas of the Chesapeake Bay and Its Tidal Tributaries (June 2023)", which is incorporated by reference in COMAR 08.02.04.17. Per Maryland statute (Natural Resources Article §4-11A-04), the PSFA may not be leased for shellfish aquaculture. However, COMAR 08.02.04.17 also provides that a portion of a PSFA may be declassified, i.e., removed from the PSFA, if certain criteria are met (see Supplemental Information).This revised dataset includes the following update:Declassification of a portion of PSFA 156 for the purpose of shellfish lease issuance, and insertion of a required 150-foot buffer between the revised PSFA boundary and shellfish lease area. All PSFA buffer areas remain open to shellfish harvest following declassification, subject to current commercial harvest laws and regulations.

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    Metadata Created Date July 26, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 3, 2026

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    Harvested from md json

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    Additional Metadata

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    Metadata Created Date July 26, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 3, 2026
    Publisher opendata.maryland.gov
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://opendata.maryland.gov/api/views/cy7c-398y
    Data First Published 2025-12-29
    Data Last Modified 2025-12-29
    Public Access Level public
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    Homepage URL https://opendata.maryland.gov/d/cy7c-398y
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 3c0c7f26d66fac56ee563b8ae57de5872b103104fbff978c7e613b537b45aab2
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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