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H. The Lobster Advisory Council established by Title 5,
section 12004-I, subsection 58; and

 
I. An international lobster institute. This member must be
a resident of the State.

 
Members are entitled to compensation according to Title 5,
chapter 379.

 
Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §6473, sub-§2 is enacted to read:

 
2.__Exception.__Notwithstanding subsection 1, a person
registered for Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area trap tags may
serve as a crew member to assist in the licensed activities under
the direct supervision of a Class I, Class II or Class III
license holder outside the Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area.

 
Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §6851, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 523, §3, is
amended to read:

 
2-A. Wholesale seafood license with lobster permit. At the
request of the applicant, the commissioner shall issue a
wholesale seafood license with a lobster permit. A person
holding a wholesale seafood license with a lobster permit may
engage in all the activities in subsection 2 and may buy, sell,
process, ship or transport lobster or properly permitted or
lawfully imported lobster meat or parts anywhere within the state
limits. A license under this subsection does not authorize a
person to possess or transport lobster that person has taken
unless that person is in possession of a license issued under
section 6421, subsection 3-A, paragraph A, B, C or E. A license
under this subsection does not authorize a person to remove
lobster meat from the shell unless a permit under section 6857 is
held.

 
Sec. 8. 12 MRSA §6851, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2001, c. 421, Pt. B,
§53 and affected by Pt. C, §1, is further amended to read:

 
4. License limited. A license under this section authorizes
activities at only one establishment or with only one vehicle,
but not on a vessel rigged to fish, provided that this license
also authorizes the sale and transportation of scallops from any
vessel. The limitation in this subsection does not apply to
holders of licenses issued under section 6421 when they are
transporting lobsters on the vessel they have declared on their
lobster license application.

 
Sec. 9. 12 MRSA §6862, sub-§§2 and 4, as amended by PL


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