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analyzing data from the log books.__The commissioner shall charge a | | fee for the log book that is sufficient to recover all costs | | associated with the production of the log book and analysis of the | | data, except that any personnel and operating costs associated with | | the log book must be paid from allocations from the Sea Urchin | | Research Fund.__Fees received by the department from the sale of | | log books are dedicated revenue and must be used by the department | | for the purposes of this section.__The log book and data analysis | | may be produced and conducted by the department or may be produced | | and conducted by a public or private entity under contract with the | | department.__Disclosure of any data collected under this section is | | subject to the confidentiality provisions of section 6173. |
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| | | 2.__Reporting.__Failure to report any statistic required by | | rule pursuant to subsection 1 is cause to deny renewal of any | | license issued under this subchapter. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §6749-W, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 595, §5 | | and affected by §6, is amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Prohibition. It is unlawful for a person to possess | | aboard a vessel, fish for or take sea urchins on any day not | | designated as open to sea urchin harvesting under this section. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §6749-X, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 685, §10, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Appointment; composition. The Sea Urchin Zone Council, | | referred to in this section as the "council," established by | | Title 5, section 12004-I, subsection 57-B, consists of 19 | | members. The commissioner shall appoint the members as follows: |
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| | | A. Three sea urchin harvesters who hold a current | | handfishing sea urchin license for Zone 1; |
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| | | B. Three sea urchin harvesters who hold a current | | handfishing sea urchin license for Zone 2; |
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| | | C. Three sea urchin harvesters who hold a current sea | | urchin draggers license for Zone 1; |
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| | | D. Three sea urchin harvesters who hold a current sea | | urchin draggers license for Zone 2; |
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| | E. One sea urchin processor who holds a current wholesale | seafood license with a sea urchin processor's permit and whose | processing operation is located in Zone 1; | | base of operation is located in Zone 1 and |
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