(Resident or nonresident)

(Valid for the 72-hour

period specified on the

license) $17 $19 $20 $21

J. One-day fishing license

(Resident or nonresident)

(Valid for the date 24-hour

period indicated on

license) $5 $7 $8 $9

Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §7608, as amended by PL 1997, c. 432, §49, is further amended to read:

§7608. Fishing with illegal implements or devices

A person is guilty of fishing with illegal implements or devices if that person uses any fish spawn, grapnel, spear, spear gun, trawl, weir, gaff, seine, gill net, trap or set lines for fishing or if that person uses any electronic or battery-powered devices for luring or attracting fish, except that a person may take suckers, eels, alewives and yellow perch in accordance with section 7153 and except as otherwise provided.

Sec. 8. 12 MRSA §7609, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 420, §1, is amended to read:

§7609. Possession of illegal implements and devices

A person is guilty of possession of illegal implements and devices if he that person possesses any grapnel, trawl, weir, seine, gill net or trap or set line in any lodge or place of resort for hunters or fishermen or in its immediate vicinity, or on or adjacent to any of the inland waters of the State, or in their immediate vicinity, in the inland territory of the State, except that a person may possess these prohibited implements and devices in accordance with sections 7153, 7241 and 7771.

Sec. 9. 12 MRSA §7610, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 420, §1, is repealed.

SUMMARY

This bill includes the fishing recommendations of the Rules Commission of the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine.