(a) The Department may adopt regulations governing the use of patent tongs to harvest hard–shell clams in areas of Somerset County where the use of patent tongs to catch oysters is authorized.
(b) (1) This subsection applies only in Somerset County.
(2) A person may not catch hard–shell clams with patent tongs:
(i) Between sunset on any day and sunrise the following day; or
(ii) On Sundays.
(3) The season for catching hard–shell clams with patent tongs is the same as the season for catching oysters with patent tongs as provided in § 4–1008.1 of this subtitle or as altered by regulations adopted under § 4–2A–05 of this title.