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61.__Sunset.__"Sunset" means the time computed and established for
sunset for Augusta, Maine, by the Nautical Almanac Office of the
United States Naval Observatory, converted to the legal standard of
time in force in this State on that day.

 
62.__Threatened species.__"Threatened species" means a species
of fish or wildlife that has been determined by the commissioner
as likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable
future throughout all or a significant portion of its range and
that is listed as a state threatened species under section 12803,
subsection 3.

 
63.__Trap, the noun.__"Trap" means a device that is designed
primarily to catch or hold wild animals, including, but not
limited to, a foothold trap, a killer-type trap, a cage-type trap
or a snare.

 
64.__Trap, the verb.__To "trap" means to set, place or tend a
trap within the fields, forests or waters of the State, to kill
an animal that is caught in a trap or to aid or assist another
person in setting or placing a trap, tending a trap or killing an
animal that is caught in a trap.

 
65.__Trap net.__"Trap net" means a funnel-shaped net designed
to intercept and retain fish in a confined space.

 
66.__Tributary.__"Tributary" means a brook, stream or river
flowing directly or indirectly into a lake, pond or another
brook, stream or river. "Tributary" does not include a lake or
great pond. The tributary to a great pond is not considered a
tributary to the outlet of that great pond.

 
67. Troll.__"Troll" means to fish by trailing a line rigged to
catch fish behind a watercraft being propelled by mechanical,
wind or manual power.

 
68.__Weir.__"Weir" means a device placed in the inland waters
of a river, stream or brook that is designed to entrap fish and
that exceeds more than 1/3 of the wetted width of the channel.

 
69.__Wild animal.__"Wild animal" means a species of mammal,
wild by nature, whether or not bred or reared in captivity, as
distinguished from the common domestic animals, and includes any
physical part of that species of animal. Whenever the name of a
wild animal, such as "deer" or "bear," is used, it means the
named wild animal or any of its physical parts.


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