2009 Maine Code
TITLE 12: CONSERVATION
Chapter 623: SHELLFISH, SCALLOPS, WORMS AND MISCELLANEOUS LICENSES
12 §6808. Commercial green crab only license

Title 12: CONSERVATION

Part 9: MARINE RESOURCES

Subpart 2: LICENSING

Chapter 623: SHELLFISH, SCALLOPS, WORMS AND MISCELLANEOUS LICENSES

Subchapter 4: MISCELLANEOUS SPECIES

Article 1: LICENSES

§6808. Commercial green crab only license

1. License required. It is unlawful for a person to engage in the activities authorized by this license under this section without a current commercial green crab only license.

[ 2001, c. 186, §1 (NEW) .]

2. Licensed activities. The holder of a commercial green crab only license may fish for or take green crabs or possess, ship, transport or sell green crabs that the license holder has taken.

[ 2001, c. 186, §1 (NEW) .]

3. Reporting; rules.

[ 2003, c. 170, §3 (RP) .]

4. Exemption. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a license is not required to fish for, take, possess or transport green crabs for personal use. A municipality or the holder of an aquaculture lease or license that harvests green crabs under authorization from the department is not required to have a commercial green crab license as long as the harvesting of green crabs occurs under supervision of the municipality or the holder of an aquaculture lease or license.

[ 2009, c. 229, §19 (AMD) .]

5. Eligibility. A commercial green crab only license may be issued only to an individual.

[ 2001, c. 186, §1 (NEW) .]

6. Fees. The fee for a commercial green crab only license is $38 for a resident license and $76 for a nonresident license, which authorizes the license holder to engage in the licensed activities under subsection 2.

[ 2009, c. 213, Pt. G, §33 (AMD) .]

7. Disposition of fees. Fees for commercial green crab only licenses must be deposited in the Green Crab Management Fund established in section 6809 as follows:

A. Thirty-three dollars for a resident commercial green crab only license; and [2009, c. 213, Pt. G, §34 (NEW).]

B. Sixty-six dollars for a nonresident commercial green crab only license. [2009, c. 213, Pt. G, §34 (NEW).]

[ 2009, c. 213, Pt. G, §34 (AMD) .]

8. Prohibition. The holder of a commercial green crab only license may not have aboard a boat used for crab fishing any lobster or lobster parts.

[ 2001, c. 186, §1 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

2001, c. 186, §1 (NEW). 2003, c. 170, §3 (AMD). 2009, c. 213, Pt. G, §§33, 34 (AMD). 2009, c. 229, §19 (AMD).