Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6421, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 568, §1, is amended to read:

2-A. Licensed activity and number of licenses issued; noncommercial license. The holder of a noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license may fish for, take, possess, ship or transport within the State lobsters or crabs the license holder has taken. The license does not authorize the license holder to sell lobsters or to remove lobster meat from the shell or to take, possess, transport or ship lobster parts or meat. The number of noncommercial lobster and crab licenses issued during a license year may not exceed the number of noncommercial lobster and crab licenses issued during the 2002 license year.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6421, sub-§3-A, ¶F, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 568, §1, is amended to read:

F. A noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license authorizes the license holder to engage in the licensed activities under subsection 2-A. A person issued a noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license may not submerge at any one time more than 5 10 lobster traps per vessel in the coastal waters of the State.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6421, sub-§5, as corrected by RR 2001, c. 2, Pt. A, §§14 and 15, is amended to read:

5. Eligibility. A Class I, Class II, Class III, apprentice, noncommercial or student lobster and crab fishing license may only be issued to an individual who is a resident. A Class I, Class II or, Class III or noncommercial license may be issued to a person only if the person:

A. Possessed a Class I, Class II or, Class III or noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license in the previous calendar year;

C. Meets the requirements of the apprentice program under section 6422 or section 6475; or

D. Did not possess a Class I, Class II or, Class III or noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license in the previous calendar year because the commissioner had suspended the person's license privileges for a length of time that included the previous calendar year.

Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §6421, sub-§5-B, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 581, §1, is repealed.