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

 
Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §401-B, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1983 c. 563, §1, is
amended to read:

 
To further the purposes of this Part, the commissioner shall
initiate and implement programs necessary to facilitate the
effective, profitable marketing of Maine agricultural
products. For the purposes of this subchapter, the terms
"agricultural products" and "farm products" include products
of aquaculture as defined in Title 12, section 6001,
subsection 1. These programs shall include, but are not be
limited to, the following.

 
Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §1751, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2001, c. 572, §23, is
further amended to read:

 
2. Domestic animals. "Domestic animals" means cattle,
equines, goats, sheep, swine, cats, dogs, domesticated
cervidae or other domesticated animals; large game as defined
in section 1341, subsection 5; fish and shellfish that are the
product or stock of aquaculture as defined in Title 12,
section 6001, subsection 1; and poultry.

 
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6071, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1997, c. 153, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
3. Organism and products embargoed and condemned. The
Except for fish and shellfish that are the product or stock of
an aquaculture operation in this State, the commissioner or
the commissioner's agent may indefinitely embargo, condemn or
order to be destroyed a marine organism or marine organism
product either indigenous or imported if:

 
A. The organism or product is introduced to coastal
waters in violation of this section and the commissioner
determines that the organism or product is of unsound
quality, contains any filthy, decomposed or putrid
substance, may be poisonous or deleterious to health or is
otherwise unsafe;

 
B. The organism or product is intended for introduction
to coastal waters and the commissioner determines the
organism or product is diseased or otherwise in a
condition that if introduced to coastal waters could
endanger indigenous marine life or its environment; or

 
C. Handling of the organism or product could result in the
introduction of that organism or product to the coastal waters
and the commissioner determines the organism or product is
diseased or otherwise in a condition that if


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