Title 12, Title 12

It shall be unlawful to fish for or take marine worms, except by devices or instruments operated solely by hand power.

1. Surcharge fees to be paid into fund. In addition to the applicable license fees for marine worm digger’s licenses, marine worm dealer’s licenses and supplemental marine worm dealer’s licenses, the commissioner shall assess the following surcharge fees, which must be deposited …

1. License required. A person may not engage in the activities authorized under this section without a current sea cucumber drag license. A sea cucumber drag license must list the documentation or registration number of the vessel to be used by the licensee when dragging. 2. Lice…

1. Permit required. Except as provided in subsections 1‑A and 2, an individual may not harvest, possess, ship, transport or sell seaweed without a current: A. Resident seaweed permit; or [PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. F, §23 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF).] B. Nonresident seaweed…

1. License required. A seaweed buyer's license is required for a person who purchases more than 10 wet tons or an equivalent number of dry tons annually directly from seaweed harvesters holding a permit under section 6803. A person may not engage in the activities authorized unde…

A person licensed under section 6803‑A shall pay an annual surcharge, which must be deposited in the Seaweed Management Fund established under section 6806. The commissioner shall establish the surcharge by rule, but the surcharge may not exceed $5 per wet ton. The commissioner m…

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Cobscook Bay Rockweed Management Area" means the area of Cobscook Bay westward and within a line between the southernmost tip of Estes Head due ea…

1. License required. A person may not engage in the activities authorized under this section without a current: A. Resident commercial northern shrimp license; [PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. F, §25 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF).] B. Resident with crew commercial northern shrimp …

1. Fund established. The Shrimp Management Fund, referred to in this section as the "fund," is established as a dedicated, nonlapsing fund within the department. 2. Purposes of fund. The commissioner shall use the fund for research and assessment related to management of the shri…

1. Fund established. The Seaweed Management Fund, referred to in this section as the "fund," is established as a dedicated, nonlapsing fund. 2. Permissible uses. The commissioner shall use the fund in accordance with a plan required under subsection 3 to research and manage the S…

The commissioner may adopt rules regulating the harvest of seaweed on a species-specific basis, including, but not limited to, the total number of licenses that may be issued, the designation of a harvesting season or seasons, the quantity of the resource that may be harvested in…

1. License required. It is unlawful for a person to engage in the activities authorized by subsection 2 without a current commercial green crab only license. This subsection does not apply to a person who holds a current lobster and crab fishing license issued pursuant to section…

1. Fund established. The Green Crab Management Fund, referred to in this section as the "fund," is established as a dedicated, nonlapsing fund within the department. 2. Purposes of fund. The commissioner shall use the fund for research and management programs for the green crab f…

1. Authorized traps. It is unlawful to fish for green crabs under a license issued pursuant to section 6808 with traps not authorized by the commissioner. 2. Trap design; rules. The commissioner shall establish authorized green crab trap designs by rule. Rules adopted by the comm…

1. License required. Notwithstanding section 6074, an individual may not engage in an activity authorized under this section without a valid marine harvesting demonstration license. 1-A. Eligibility. A marine harvesting demonstration license may be issued only to an individual, e…

1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, "shellfish" means shellstock clams, quahogs other than mahogany quahogs, mussels and oyster shellstock. 2. License required. Beginning May 1, 2018, a person may not engage in the activities authorized under this section without a c…

Unless modified by rules adopted under section 6171-A, it is unlawful for a person to fish for or take sea cucumbers from July 1st to September 30th, both days inclusive.

1. Drag width. It is unlawful to utilize a drag to fish for or take sea cucumbers that exceeds 5 feet, 6 inches in width, measured from extreme outside edge to extreme outside edge. 2. Configuration of drag. The commissioner shall adopt rules that describe the type of drag that m…

1. Fund established. The Sea Cucumber Management Fund, referred to in this section as the "fund," is established as a dedicated, nonlapsing fund within the department. The commissioner may receive on behalf of the fund money from any source for the purposes described in subsectio…

The commissioner may adopt rules under chapter 607, subchapter 1 to promote the conservation and propagation of sea cucumbers. Those rules may include, but are not limited to, the establishment of management areas in which the harvest of sea cucumbers will be permitted, limits on…

1. License eligibility. The commissioner may not issue a sea cucumber drag license under section 6801-A to any person unless that person possessed that license in the previous calendar year or becomes eligible to obtain that license pursuant to a limited entry system under subsec…

If management areas are established pursuant to section 6814, then a person eligible to purchase a license under section 6821 may purchase that license for only one of the management areas. A person may not change from the management area in which the person harvested sea cucumbe…

This section applies if management areas are established pursuant to section 6814. [PL 2005, c. 27, §4 (NEW).] 1. Authorization of changes. Beginning in calendar year 2007, a person eligible to purchase a sea cucumber drag license under section 6821 who wishes to change the manag…

1. License required. A person may not engage in the activities authorized under this section without a current: A. Wholesale seafood license; [PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. F, §26 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF).] B. Supplemental wholesale seafood license; or [PL 2003, c. 452, Pt.…

1. License required. A person may not engage in the activities authorized under this section without a current wholesale seafood license with a lobster permit as required under section 6851 and a current lobster processor license. 2. Licensed activity. A lobster processor license…

1. License required. A person may not engage in the activities authorized under subsection 2 without a retail seafood license or other license issued under this Part authorizing the activities. 2. License activity. Except as provided in subsections 2‑A, 2‑B and 2‑C, the holder of…

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a license or certificate is not required for a person to sell at retail: [PL 2011, c. 598, §46 (NEW).] 1. Shucked shellfish. Shucked shellfish, if the shucked shellfish is purchased from a wholesale seafood license holder cert…

1. License required. A person may not engage in the activities authorized under this section without a current: A. Marine worm dealer's license; [PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. F, §27 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF).] B. Supplemental marine worm dealer's license; or [PL 2003, c. 45…

1. License required. A person may not engage in the activities authorized under this section without a current: A. Lobster transportation license; or [PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. F, §28 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF).] B. Supplemental lobster transportation license. [PL 2003, c…

1. License required. A person may not engage in the activities authorized under this section without a current: A. Shellfish transportation license; or [PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. F, §29 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF).] B. Supplemental shellfish transportation license. [PL 200…

1. Shellfish sanitation certificate. A person may not undertake the processing, buying, selling, shipping, transporting or shucking of shellfish or whole scallops without a shellfish sanitation certificate issued by the department or a valid, current certificate issued by the rel…

1. Permit required. A person may not engage in the activities authorized under this section without a current lobster meat permit. 2. Permitted activity. A lobster meat permit authorizes a wholesale seafood license holder or a retail seafood license holder to remove lobster meat …

A person who ships, offers to ship or accepts for shipment any lobsters or their parts in any container that is not clearly marked to indicate that it contains lobsters commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 and not more than $500 may be adjudged.

A person who processes and packages shrimp without clearly marking the country or state of origin on the container commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 and not more than $500 may be adjudged.

1. Meat. Crayfish meat is subject to the following prohibitions. A. A person may not possess crayfish meat removed from the shell except as follows: (1) For immediate personal consumption; (2) For the purpose of serving the meat immediately to a customer; (3) Under refrigeration …

1. License required. A person may not buy, possess, transport within state limits or sell elvers without an elver dealer's license. It is unlawful for a person to possess elvers prior to the beginning of the elver season or to possess elvers 5 days beyond the end of the elver sea…

1. License required. A person may not engage in the activities authorized under this section without an elver exporter's license. 2. License activities. A person who holds an elver exporter's license may buy elvers from a person licensed under section 6864 and transport elvers be…

1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, unless the context indicates otherwise, "green crab" means the species Carcinus maenas. 2. License required. A person may not engage in the activities authorized under this section without a current: A. Green crab only wholesale de…

It shall be unlawful to: [PL 1977, c. 661, §5 (NEW).] 1. Use dynamite or poison. Use dynamite or any poisonous or stupefying substance for the purpose of destroying or taking fish in the coastal waters; 2. Possess dynamite or poison. Possess or carry dynamite or other explosives …

1. Trawling, seining or netting for lobsters prohibited. A person may not: A. Fish for or take lobsters by use of a trawl, drag, dredge, seine or net; or [PL 2011, c. 266, Pt. A, §21 (AMD).] B. Possess any lobsters, regardless of their source, on board any boat rigged for draggin…

It shall be unlawful for the operator of a motor vehicle, boat, vessel, airplane or conveyance of any kind, or any person: [PL 1977, c. 661, §5 (NEW).] 1. Stopping. To fail or refuse to stop immediately upon request or signal of any marine patrol officer in uniform; 2. Remaining …

1. Violation. It is unlawful to operate any watercraft when towing a drag or trawl in any waters that are identified or marked as underwater cable or pipeline areas, either as shown on the most recently published United States Government nautical chart or as shown or described by…

1. Violation. Unless permitted by rules adopted under subsection 1‑A, a person may not: A. Take scallops by any means within the Frenchboro area; or [PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. F, §37 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF).] B. Operate any watercraft when towing a drag or trawl within…

1. Gear requirements. The holder of a scallop dragging license or sea urchin dragging license may not possess on the boat identified on that person's license or fish with, in the territorial waters northerly and inshore of the international bridge that connects Lubec to Campobell…

It is unlawful to fish with any type of net, fish trap or weir from April 15th to August 1st in the tidal waters of Union River Bay and the lower Union River north of a line drawn from the southernmost tip of Newbury Neck in the Town of Surry and extended eastward to the southern…

A person licensed to harvest a marine species by hand must display a diver's down flag when using a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus to harvest that species. For the purposes of this section, "diver's down flag" means the International Code Flag "A" as defined in nav…