| | The bill establishes for new zone entrants who have met the | requirements of the apprentice program a trap tag limit of the | average number of trap tags in the zone. Those license holders | may increase their trap tags by 10% each year. |
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| | The bill also requires the Lobster Advisory Council to report | to the Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources by February | 1, 2000 on methods to limit effort in the lobster fishery for the | purpose of conserving the lobster resource. |
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