C.__Lampreys may be harvested in inland waters by use of a hand-held dip net or by hand.

3.__Fees; transfer of permit. The minimum fee for an individual permit for alewives, suckers, lampreys and yellow perch is $42.__A crew permit may be sold for alewives, suckers, lampreys__and yellow perch for $100, authorizing up to 3 persons to engage in the permitted activity.__The annual fee for an eel pot or weir permit is $100.__An eel pot or eel weir permit is not transferable.

4.__Five-year limited entry; eel weirs.__The department may not issue an eel weir permit to a person unless that person possessed a valid eel weir permit for calendar year 1995.__The department shall adopt routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A regarding the issuance of eel weir permits.__The number of weirs and the number of square miles of watersheds in this State fished by eel weirs may not exceed those permitted in calendar year 1995.

5.__Exception to permit requirement.__Notwithstanding subsection 1:

A.__A person may fish for alewives by use of a dip net or single hook and line for consumption by that person or members of that person's family, provided that the person takes or possesses no more than one bushel in any day and provided also that the alewives are not taken from any waters in which a municipality or other person has been granted exclusive rights under section 6131;

B.__A person licensed or otherwise entitled to fish in Maine waters may take suckers for that person's use in all rivers, brooks and streams that are open to fishing between April 1st and June 30th of each calendar year by the use of a hand spear, bow and arrow or by snagging.__If suckers are taken by bow and arrow, the arrow must have a barbed or prong point and must be attached to the bow with a line;

C.__A person may fish for or possess alewives from inland waters if that person has been granted fishing rights under section 6131; and

D.__A person may take suckers for use as bait for fishing in inland waters as provided in section 12551 without a permit under subsection 2.