| |
Issuance of trap tags on appeal is at the discretion of the | commissioner, except that trap tags may not be issued unless the | criteria in paragraph A are met. Decisions of the commissioner | must be in writing. |
|
| | | 4. Trap limit for zone. A person may not purchase a number of | | trap tags greater than the trap limit established by rule for a | lobster management zone in which that person fishes | | that person's lobster and crab fishing license. |
|
| | | 5. Repeal. This section is repealed December 31, 2005. |
|
| | | Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6446, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 2003, c. 466, §2 and | | affected by §5, is further amended to read: |
|
| | | 1-A. Declared lobster zone. A person shall declare on an | | application for a Class I, Class II, Class III or noncommercial | lobster and crab fishing license thezone | zones in which that person proposes to fish a majority of | | person's lobster traps. A license must identify the zone in | which the person is authorized to | | person's lobster traps. For the purposes of this section, the | | majority of a person's lobster traps must be determined from the | | number of trap tags issued to that person.__The license must also | | identify all zones in which a person is authorized to fish that | | person's lobster traps.__It is unlawful for a person to place any | | lobster traps in a zone that has not been identified on that | | person's license. |
|
| | | Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §6448, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2003, c. 510, Pt. A, | | §7, is further amended to read: |
|
| | | 2. Rules for limited-entry zones. The commissioner may adopt | | rules establishing limits on new zone entrants to a lobster | | management zone. These rules must be adopted in accordance with | | this subsection. |
|
| | | A. After conducting a written survey in the zone, a lobster | | management policy council may propose to the commissioner an exit | ratio to limit new zone entrants to the zone. The lobster | management policy council may also propose to the commissioner a | provision to exempt from the requirements of this section an | individual who became eligible for but had not been issued a | Class I, Class II or Class III license pursuant to section 6421, | subsection 5, paragraph C or former paragraph H prior to January | 1, 2000 and to allow that individual to declare the zone as that | individual's declared lobster zone. | | policy |
|
|
