2013 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 12: CONSERVATION
Chapter 605: GENERAL DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES
12 §6140. Atlantic salmon license

Part 9: MARINE RESOURCES
Subpart 1: ADMINISTRATION
Subchapter 5: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES

6140. Atlantic salmon license

1. License required. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person may not fish for Atlantic salmon from any state waters without a current Atlantic salmon license.

[ 2007, c. 240, Pt. QQ, 7 (NEW) .]

2. Licensed activity. The holder of an Atlantic salmon license may fish for Atlantic salmon in inland and coastal waters of the State.

[ 2007, c. 240, Pt. QQ, 7 (NEW) .]

3. License fees. The following provisions govern license fees.

A. The fee for an Atlantic salmon license is $15 for a resident. [2007, c. 240, Pt. QQ, 7 (NEW).]

B. The fee for an Atlantic salmon license for any nonresident is as follows:

(1) For a season license for a nonresident 16 years of age or older, $30;

(2) For a 3-day license for a nonresident 16 years of age or older, $15. This license may not be exchanged for a season license; and

(3) For a license for a nonresident under 16 years of age, $5. [2007, c. 240, Pt. QQ, 7 (NEW).]

C. Members of Indian tribes in this State and residents of this State under 16 years of age are exempt from any fee. [2007, c. 240, Pt. QQ, 7 (NEW).]

[ 2007, c. 240, Pt. QQ, 7 (NEW) .]

4. Atlantic salmon; possession, buying or selling. A person may not possess, buy or sell Atlantic salmon unless each fish is clearly identified by one of the following methods:

A. Tagged with a New Brunswick, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island or Newfoundland-Labrador Atlantic salmon tag if imported from those Canadian provinces; [2007, c. 240, Pt. QQ, 7 (NEW).]

B. Identified by a sales receipt less than 24 hours old; [2007, c. 615, 7 (AMD).]

C. For wholesale and retail seafood dealers, identified by a bill of sale indicating numbers of fish purchased, dates of purchase and point of origin of all fish purchased ; or [2007, c. 615, 7 (AMD).]

D. Tagged with a tag that conforms to rules adopted by the commissioner and identifies the fish as having been legally obtained from a private fee pond licensed pursuant to section 12508. Fish obtained in this manner may not be resold. [2007, c. 615, 7 (NEW).]

[ 2007, c. 615, 7 (AMD) .]

5. Exceptions. This section does not apply to a person holding a lease that allows that person to engage in the aquaculture of Atlantic salmon in this State while conducting authorized activities on that person's lease site.

[ 2007, c. 240, Pt. QQ, 7 (NEW) .]

6. Agent's fee. Any clerk or agent appointed by the department to issue an Atlantic salmon license shall retain $2 for each license issued.

[ 2007, c. 240, Pt. QQ, 7 (NEW) .]

7. Use of license fees. All license fees must be used by the commissioner for purposes of conservation and management of the Atlantic salmon in this State.

[ 2007, c. 240, Pt. QQ, 7 (NEW) .]

8. Duplicates. The department or its agents shall issue a duplicate license to any person whose license was accidentally lost or destroyed. The fee for a replacement license is $1.

[ 2007, c. 240, Pt. QQ, 7 (NEW) .]

9. Fishing in inland waters. When fishing in inland waters, the holder of a license authorized under this section is subject to all the provisions of Part 13.

[ 2007, c. 240, Pt. QQ, 7 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

2007, c. 240, Pt. QQ, 7 (NEW). 2007, c. 615, 7 (AMD).