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2009 Maine Code
TITLE 12: CONSERVATION
Chapter 619: LOBSTER AND CRAB FISHING LICENSES
- Title 12, Chapter 619: LOBSTER AND CRAB FISHING LICENSES
Subchapter 1: LICENSES
- 12 §6421. Lobster and crab fishing licenses
- 12 §6421-A. Moratorium on new licenses (REPEALED)
- 12 §6421-B. Lobster license appeals process (REPEALED)
- 12 §6421-C. Application of student and noncommercial license age requirements
- 12 §6422. Apprentice program
- 12 §6423. Lobster and crab fishing education program Subchapter 2: LIMITS ON FISHING AND PROHIBITED ACTS
- 12 §6431. Lobster measurement
- 12 §6431-A. Trap limit
- 12 §6431-B. Tag system
- 12 §6431-C. Lobster Management Fund
- 12 §6431-D. Boat trap limit (REPEALED)
- 12 §6431-E. Vessel limitation
- 12 §6431-F. Trap tags
- 12 §6431-G. Vessel operation
- 12 §6432. Methods of fishing
- 12 §6432-A. Bait
- 12 §6433. Escape vents
- 12 §6433-A. Biodegradable escape panels
- 12 §6433-B. Runners
- 12 §6434. Molesting lobster gear
- 12 §6435. Setting near weirs
- 12 §6436. Egg-bearing lobsters; v-notched lobsters
- 12 §6437. Scrubbing lobsters (REPEALED)
- 12 §6438. Scrubbed lobsters (REPEALED)
- 12 §6438-A. Artificial removal of eggs; prohibition
- 12 §6439. Areas of limited lobster fishing (REPEALED)
- 12 §6439-A. Limited lobster fishing in the vicinity of Kittery
- 12 §6439-B. Limited lobster fishing in certain portions of Saco Bay (REPEALED)
- 12 §6440. Closed periods
- 12 §6441. Plugged lobsters
- 12 §6442. Lobster identification tags; fee authorized
- 12 §6443. Underwater storage
- 12 §6444. Dipping lobster traps or similar gear
- 12 §6445. Logbooks for lobster harvesters
- 12 §6446. Lobster management zones
- 12 §6447. Lobster management policy councils
- 12 §6448. Limited-entry zones
- 12 §6449. Island limited-entry programs Subchapter 3: LOBSTER FUND
- 12 §6451. Lobster Fund Subchapter 3-A: LOBSTER PROMOTION COUNCIL
- 12 §6455. Lobster Promotion Council Subchapter 4: LOBSTER ADVISORY COUNCIL
- 12 §6461. Purpose
- 12 §6462. Lobster Advisory Council (REPEALED)
- 12 §6462-A. Lobster Advisory Council
- 12 §6463. Council programs and activities Subchapter 4-A: LOBSTER RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT FUND
- 12 §6465. Education and Development Fund Subchapter 5: MONHEGAN LOBSTER CONSERVATION AREA
- 12 §6471. Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area
- 12 §6472. Closed and open seasons; trap limit
- 12 §6473. Fishing in other waters
- 12 §6474. Fishing without Monhegan trap tags prohibited
- 12 §6475. New participants; apprenticeship
- 12 §6476. Former registrants
- 12 §6477. Student license holder
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