Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6728 is enacted to read:

§6728.__Possession of daily limits; sorting

Scallops must be sorted on a vessel that possesses a scallop boat license and not on a shucking or sorting table.__A vessel that carries a scallop boat license may not possess any more than one day's limit of scallops unless a waiver has been issued by a marine patrol officer.__For purposes of this section, "shucking or sorting table" means the area where the scallops are dumped from the dragging nets to be sorted by size.

SUMMARY

The purpose of this bill is to require that all sorting of scallops takes place on a vessel that possesses a scallop boat license and not on a shucking or sorting table. It also provides that a vessel carrying a scallop boat license may not possess more than one day's limit unless that vessel has received a waiver from this limitation issued by a marine patrol officer.