CHAPTER 78
S.P. 212 - L.D. 671
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6954, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1983, c. 663, §3, is further amended to read:
1. Violation. It is unlawful to use any operate any watercraft when towing a drag or trawl along the seabed in any waters that are identified or marked as underwater cable or pipeline areas, either as shown on the most recently published United States Government nautical chart, or as shown or described by rule adopted by the commissioner. The commissioner may make rules showing or describing the locations of underwater cables or pipelines which that are not identified on the most recent United States Government nautical charts. A drag or trawl must be lifted out of the water to transit the cable area.
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6954-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1991, c. 784, §9, is further amended to read:
1. Violation. Unless permitted by rules adopted under subsection 1-A, it is unlawful to take scallops by any means or to operate any watercraft when towing a drag or trawl within the following area: starting at the easternmost point on Red Point, Swan's Island; thence in an easterly direction to the southernmost point of the western Sister's Island; thence in a southeasterly direction to the southernmost point of Crow Island; thence in a southerly direction to the northernmost point of Harbor Island, Frenchboro, Long Island; thence southerly to the state ferry terminal located on the eastern side of Lunt's Harbor, Frenchboro, Long Island, and then starting at the westernmost point of Gooseberry Point on Frenchboro, Long Island; westerly to the northeast point of John's Island; thence northwest to the easternmost point of the largest of the Baker Islands; thence northwesterly to the northeastern point of Harbor Island, Swan's Island; thence northerly to Quarry Wharf, Minturn, Swan's Island. A drag or trawl must be lifted out of the water to transit the cable area.
See title page for effective date.
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