C. Two hundred dollars per net or trap for the use of a 4th and 5th elver fyke net or Sheldon eel trap.

1-A.__Fee.__A person may not submerge an elver fyke net, a Sheldon eel trap or a dip net in the coastal waters of the State to fish for or take elvers unless the net or trap owner pays annually a $100 fee for each elver fyke net, Sheldon eel trap or dip net, except that the fee under this subsection does not apply to a net or trap a person utilizes pursuant to section 6505-A, subsection 5.

2. Tags for elver fyke net and Sheldon eel trap. It is unlawful for a person to submerge an elver fyke net or a Sheldon eel trap in the coastal waters of the State to fish for or take elvers unless a tag issued by the department is affixed to the shoreside wing of the net or trap and is clearly visible. The department may issue a replacement tag when an owner issued a tag documents that a net or trap has been damaged or lost.

3. Dip net fee. It is unlawful for a person to utilize a dip net to fish for or take elvers without paying a fee of $50 per dip net annually.

This subsection does not apply to a dip net a person utilizes pursuant to section 6505-A, subsection 5.

4. Payment with license. The fees required under subsections 1 and 3 subsection 1-A must be paid upon application for an elver fishing license under section 6505-A.

5. Disposition of fees. All fees collected under this section accrue to the Eel and Elver Management Fund established in section 6505-D.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6575-A, as amended by PL 1997, c. 575, §3, is further amended to read:

§6575-A. Closed period; elver harvesting

It is unlawful for a person to fish for or take elvers from noon Friday to noon Sunday. The commissioner may by rule establish closed days or portions of days during the elver fishing season for the purpose of conserving elvers.__The commissioner shall utilize the lunar tide schedule when determining the closed days or portions of days. A person may leave an elver fyke net or a Sheldon eel trap in the coastal waters of the State during the closed period if the net or trap