Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6505-A, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1999, c. 7, §4, is further amended to read:

5. Gear. Except as prohibited by section 6575-B, subsection 2-A, a person issued a license under this section may utilize one elver fyke net, one Sheldon eel trap or one dip net to fish for or take elvers without paying the fee required for a first net or trap pursuant to section 6505-B. A license issued under this section must identify the number and types of nets that the license holder may use pursuant to this section and section 6505- B.

Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §6505-B, sub-§1, ķA, as amended by PL 1999, c. 7, §6, is further amended to read:

A. Fifty Seventy-five dollars per net or trap for the use of a an elver fyke net or Sheldon eel trap, except that the fee under this paragraph does not apply to an elver fyke or Sheldon eel trap a person utilizes pursuant to section 6505- A, subsection 5.

Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §6505-B, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1997, c. 297, §5, is further amended to read:

3. Dip net fee. It is unlawful for a person to utilize a dip net to fish for or take elvers without paying a fee of $50 $25 per dip net annually.

This subsection does not apply to a dip net a person utilizes pursuant to section 6505-A, subsection 5.

Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §6575-B, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 7, §10, is amended to read:

2-A. Number of nets and Sheldon eel traps. A person may not immerse at any one time a total of more than 2 elver dip nets, elver fyke nets and Sheldon eel traps. In determining the number of traps or nets that may be immersed, the following formula must be used. A person may not immerse: A person may not immerse elver fishing gear other than the types and amounts of gear the person was authorized to immerse during the 1999 elver fishing season, except that a person may surrender the authority to use an elver fyke net in order to use an elver dip net.