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is left in a condition that prevents the capture of elvers. An | elver fyke net must be configured with a rigid opening in the code | end to facilitate the escape of elvers during closed periods. |
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| | Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §6575-B, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 536, Pt. A, | §9, is amended to read: |
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| | 2. Number of elver fyke nets and Sheldon eel traps. It is | unlawful from noon of March 15th to midnight of June 15th for a | person to immerse at any one time: |
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| A. More than 5 elver fyke nets; |
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| B. More than 5 Sheldon eel traps; or |
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| C. Any combination of elver fyke nets and Sheldon eel traps | that total more than 5 nets and traps. |
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| D.__A number of elver fyke nets that is greater than the | average number of nets that person utilized during the past | 3 elver fishing seasons for which that person held a | license; and |
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| E.__A number of Sheldon eel traps that is greater than the | average number of traps that person utilized during the past | 3 elver fishing seasons for which that person held a | license. |
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| | Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §6575-B, sub-§§6 to 12 are enacted to read: |
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| | 6.__Eligibility for dip net use.__A person may not use a dip | net to fish for or take elvers unless: |
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| A.__That person's elver fishing license in one of the last 3 | elver fishing seasons for which that person held a license | identified a dip net as permissible gear under section 6505- | A, subsection 5; or |
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| B.__That person forfeits use of one elver fyke net or one | Sheldon eel trap for each dip net used from the total for | that person established under subsection 2. |
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| | 7.__Setting elver fyke nets.__A person may not set an elver | fyke net within the wings of another elver fyke net or set an | elver fyke net in a manner that interferes with the operation of | another elver fyke net. |
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| | 8.__Obstructing elver fyke net.__A person may not place any | obstruction in front of an elver fyke net. |
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