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Subchapter 1: LICENSES
12 §6501. Commercial fishing license - §6501. Commercial fishing license (CONTAINS TEXT WITH VARYING EFFECTIVE DATES)...
12 §6502. Nonresident special tuna permit - §6502. Nonresident special tuna permit A nonresident individual may fish...
12 §6502-A. Commercial pelagic and anadromous fishing license - §6502-A. Commercial pelagic and anadromous fishing license 1. Definition. As...
12 §6502-B. Carrier license - §6502-B. Carrier license 1. License required. A person may not...
12 §6502-C. Menhaden fishing license - §6502-C. Menhaden fishing license 1. License required. A person may...
12 §6503. Atlantic salmon (REPEALED) - §6503. Atlantic salmon (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 459,...
12 §6504. Atlantic salmon (REPEALED) - §6504. Atlantic salmon (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 662,...
12 §6505. Eel fishing license (REPEALED) - §6505. Eel fishing license (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c....
12 §6505-A. Elver fishing license - §6505-A. Elver fishing license 1. License required. Except as provided...
12 §6505-B. Elver gear fees - §6505-B. Elver gear fees 1. Elver fyke net and Sheldon...
12 §6505-C. Eel harvesting license - §6505-C. Eel harvesting license 1. License required. A person may...
12 §6505-D. Eel and Elver Management Fund - §6505-D. Eel and Elver Management Fund 1. Fund established. The...
12 §6506. Commercial halibut fishing license - §6506. Commercial halibut fishing license 1. License required. Beginning January...
Subchapter 2: LIMITS ON FISHING AND PROHIBITED ACTS
Article 1: GENERAL PROHIBITIONS
12 §6521. Dumping of dead marine animals or scaled finfish - §6521. Dumping of dead marine animals or scaled finfish 1....
12 §6522. Monofilament nets - §6522. Monofilament nets A person who discards or abandons into...
12 §6523. Marking ice fishing shacks - §6523. Marking ice fishing shacks A person may not place...
12 §6524. Dragging in charted cable areas (REPEALED) - §6524. Dragging in charted cable areas (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL...
12 §6525. Setting near weirs or stop seines (REPEALED) - §6525. Setting near weirs or stop seines (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY...
12 §6525-A. Setting near weirs or stop seines - §6525-A. Setting near weirs or stop seines 1. Setting nets...
12 §6526. Rules; bait dealers license - §6526. Rules; bait dealers license The commissioner may adopt rules...
Article 1-A: COMMERCIAL UNDERWATER HANDHARVESTING SAFETY
12 §6531. Licenses - §6531. Licenses The commissioner may not issue a handfishing scallop...
12 §6532. Commercial underwater handharvesting competency - §6532. Commercial underwater handharvesting competency By August 15, 1994, the...
12 §6533. Training required to act as a scallop or sea urchin tender - §6533. Training required to act as a scallop or sea...
12 §6534. Grandfathered harvesters - §6534. Grandfathered harvesters A person is grandfathered for the purposes...
12 §6535. Sea urchin and scallop diving tender license - §6535. Sea urchin and scallop diving tender license 1. License...
12 §6536. Scallop diving tender license (REPEALED) - §6536. Scallop diving tender license (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1995,...
Article 2: HERRING LIMITATIONS
12 §6541. Artificial lights in herring fishing - §6541. Artificial lights in herring fishing It shall be unlawful...
12 §6542. Size of herring - §6542. Size of herring It shall be unlawful to take,...
12 §6543. Standard unit of herring measure - §6543. Standard unit of herring measure A person who purchases...
12 §6544. Sealing of herring boats - §6544. Sealing of herring boats A person who sells or...
12 §6545. Enforcement cooperation - §6545. Enforcement cooperation The Commissioner of Marine Resources and the...
12 §6546. Sale and purchase of herring; written acknowledgement - §6546. Sale and purchase of herring; written acknowledgement Any person,...
12 §6547. Sale or packing of herring (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 32, SECTION 4159) - §6547. Sale or packing of herring (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 32,...
Article 3: MISCELLANEOUS SPECIES
12 §6551. Tuna; method of taking - §6551. Tuna; method of taking A person may not: [PL...
12 §6552. Smelts; method and amount (REPEALED) - §6552. Smelts; method and amount (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1977,...
12 §6553. Atlantic salmon; limits; method of taking; closed season (REPEALED) - §6553. Atlantic salmon; limits; method of taking; closed season (REPEALED)...
12 §6553-A. Implements and devices in Washington County waters - §6553-A. Implements and devices in Washington County waters Between May...
12 §6553-B. Fixed gill nets; limited prohibition (REPEALED) - §6553-B. Fixed gill nets; limited prohibition (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL...
12 §6554. Pacific salmon; method of taking; limits - §6554. Pacific salmon; method of taking; limits 1. Minimum length....
12 §6555. Striped bass; method of taking - §6555. Striped bass; method of taking It is unlawful to...
12 §6556. Striped bass; limits; personal use - §6556. Striped bass; limits; personal use It is unlawful for...
12 §6556-A. Striped bass; modification of requirements (REPEALED) - §6556-A. Striped bass; modification of requirements (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL...
Article 4: CERTAIN AREA LIMITATIONS
12 §6571. Washington County - §6571. Washington County Within the territorial waters adjacent to Washington...
12 §6572. Identification of groundfish spawning areas - §6572. Identification of groundfish spawning areas 1. Spawning areas for...
Article 5: ELVER AND EEL LIMITATIONS
12 §6575. Open season; elver harvesting - §6575. Open season; elver harvesting 1. Open season. It is...
12 §6575-A. Closed period; elver harvesting (REPEALED) - §6575-A. Closed period; elver harvesting (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1995,...
12 §6575-B. Method of elver fishing; limits on gear - §6575-B. Method of elver fishing; limits on gear 1. Gear....
12 §6575-C. Closed areas; elver fishing - §6575-C. Closed areas; elver fishing 1. Dams with fishways. [PL...
12 §6575-D. Molesting elver fishing gear - §6575-D. Molesting elver fishing gear 1. Prohibition. Except as provided...
12 §6575-E. Method of eel fishing - §6575-E. Method of eel fishing Except as provided in section...
12 §6575-F. West side of Orland River closed to elver fishing - §6575-F. West side of Orland River closed to elver fishing...
12 §6575-G. Dams with fishways; elver fishing - §6575-G. Dams with fishways; elver fishing 1. Dams with fishways....
12 §6575-H. Sale and purchase of elvers - §6575-H. Sale and purchase of elvers 1. Sale of elvers....
12 §6575-I. Assisting in illegal harvest of elvers (REPEALED) - §6575-I. Assisting in illegal harvest of elvers (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY...
12 §6575-J. Seizure of illegal elvers - §6575-J. Seizure of illegal elvers In addition to any other...
12 §6575-K. Elver individual fishing quota - §6575-K. Elver individual fishing quota 1. Prohibition on possession or...
12 §6575-L. Temporary medical transfer - §6575-L. Temporary medical transfer The commissioner may authorize a temporary...
Subchapter 3: MAINE GROUNDFISH ASSOCIATION
12 §6581. Findings and purpose (REPEALED) - §6581. Findings and purpose (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c....
12 §6582. Definitions (REPEALED) - §6582. Definitions (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 677, §1...
12 §6583. Maine Groundfish Association (REPEALED) - §6583. Maine Groundfish Association (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c....
12 §6584. Powers and duties of the association (REPEALED) - §6584. Powers and duties of the association (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY...
12 §6585. Limitation (REPEALED) - §6585. Limitation (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 677, §1...
12 §6586. Board of directors (REPEALED) - §6586. Board of directors (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c....
12 §6587. Repeal (REPEALED) - §6587. Repeal (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 677, §1...
Subchapter 4: GROUNDFISH HATCHERY FUND
12 §6591. Groundfish Hatchery Fund (REPEALED) - §6591. Groundfish Hatchery Fund (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1993, c....
12 §6592. Groundfish Hatchery Study Commission (REPEALED) - §6592. Groundfish Hatchery Study Commission (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1993,...
12 §6593. Membership (REPEALED) - §6593. Membership (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1993, c. 194, §1...
12 §6594. Repeal (REPEALED) - §6594. Repeal (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1993, c. 194, §1...