This bill provides 4 additional cases under which the Commissioner of Marine Resources may grant a waiver from the lobster apprenticeship program. A waiver may be granted when a person documents: a medical reason for not renewing a lobster and crab fishing license in the previous calendar year; that services in the United States Armed Forces prevented that person from participating in the lobster fishery; that the person held a lobster and crab fishing license for at least 2 consecutive years in the last 10 years; or that at least 50% of that person's income came from harvesting lobsters in one of the previous 5 years.

The bill also requires the Marine Resources Advisory Council to review waiver requests and recommend approval or denial to the Commissioner of Marine Resources.