CHAPTER 237

H.P. 518 - L.D. 723

An Act To Amend Laws Pertaining to Commercial Fishing

and Baitfish

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

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10001, sub-§12-A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 552, §1 and affected by §15 and c. 655, Pt. C, §§2 and 6, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

12-A.__Dip net.__"Dip net" means:

A.__Except when taking smelts in a tributary or within 100 feet of the mouth of a tributary, a device consisting of a rigid frame filled with netting, firmly attached to a rigid handle and manually operated by a single person; and

B.__When used to take smelts in a tributary or within 100 feet of the mouth of a tributary, a device consisting of a rigid circular frame that is not more than 24 inches in diameter as measured at any point on the hoop, filled with netting, firmly attached to a rigid handle and manually operated by a single person.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §12456, sub-§2, ķA, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: