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LD 1519
Session - 128th Maine Legislature
 
LR 2311
Item 1
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

An Act To Define the Intertidal Zone for the Management and Enforcement of Shellfish Conservation Ordinances

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6671, sub-§3, ¶A,  as amended by PL 2007, c. 494, §1, is further amended to read:

A. Within any area of the intertidal zone within the municipality, a shellfish conservation ordinance may:

(1) Regulate or prohibit the possession of shellfish;

(2) Fix the amount of shellfish that may be taken;

(3) Provide for protection from shellfish predators;

(4) Authorize the municipal officials to open and close flats under specified conditions; and

(5) Specify areas of the intertidal zone in which the dragging of mussels may be limited to the degree necessary to support a municipal shellfish conservation program.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6671,  as amended by PL 2013, c. 301, §14; c. 468, §31; and c. 517, §1, is further amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read:

For the purposes of this section, "intertidal zone" means the shores, flats or other land between the high-water mark and the extreme low-water mark.

summary

This bill amends the law regarding municipal shellfish conservation programs to clarify that the intertidal zone extends from the high-water mark to the extreme low-water mark and that the shellfish conservation ordinances apply only within the intertidal zones of municipalities.


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