Pound Net Distance Requirements
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A person may not set at any time a pound net within 4,500 feet of another pound net in the Chesapeake Bay or within 1,500 feet of any pound net in a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, measure at right angles to the line of stakes.
Figure 1: The left image shows three pound nets parallel to each other with red text between them that states the nets must be 4,500 feet apart or greater from each other along the main shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay. The right image shows four pound nets parallel to each other with red text between them that states they must 1,500 feet apart or greater from each other along the shoreline of a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. The purpose of this image is to show the minimum distance pound net sites must be apart from each other when measured at right angles from each other at the stakes.
Clear and unobstructed intervals of at least 200 feet shall be maintained between successive pound nets in the same row.
Figure 2: This image shows three pound nets in a straight-line pointing east away from the shoreline. Pound nets must 200 feet or greater in distance from each other. The purpose of this image is to show the minimum distance pound nets must be apart from each other when in a straight successive line.
For further information, email
Casey Marker or call 410-279-8369.
