LD 1399
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Page 1 of 6 An Act to Simplify the Licensing of Seafood Dealers in the State Page 3 of 6
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LR 1933
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C.__Buy, sell, process, ship or, within State limits,
transport crayfish, subject to the provisions of section
6861-A;

 
D.__Within the State limits, buy sell, process, ship or
transport lobsters, lobster meat or lobster parts, provided
the lobsters, lobster meat or lobster parts are processed in
accordance with section 6865 or have been lawfully imported;
and

 
E.__Serve:

 
(1)__Shellstock or lobsters;

 
(2)__Shucked shellfish, if they are bought from a
seafood sales license holder certified under section
6856;

 
(3)__Lobster parts or meat, if they are processed in
accordance with section 6865 or have been lawfully
obtained; and

 
(4)__Crayfish, subject to the provisions of section
6861-A.

 
3.__Exceptions.__This section does not apply to smoked herring
or alewives.

 
4.__License limited.__A license under this section authorizes
the licensed activities at one establishment and from up to 4
supplemental vehicles.__It does not authorize any activities on a
vessel rigged to fish, except that it authorizes the sale and
transportation of scallops from any vessel.

 
5.__Fee.__The fee for a seafood sales license if $400.

 
Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §6854, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1979, c. 127, §88, is
further amended to read:

 
2. License activity. The holder of a lobster transportation
license may buy from a licensed wholesale seafood dealer sales
license holder and transport beyond the state limits lobsters or
their parts or meat. Lobster parts or meat may only be
transported if they are properly permitted under processed in
accordance with section 6857 6865 or lawfully imported.

 
Sec. 8. 12 MRSA §6855, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 661, §5, is
amended to read:


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