| This bill implements some of the recommendations of the |
| Committee to Study the Loss of Commercial Fishing Waterfront |
| Access and Other Economic Development Issues Affecting Commercial |
| Fishing. It directs the Executive Department, State Planning |
| Office to review the structure and effectiveness of coastal |
| management in Maine; it creates a working group of state agencies |
| that deal with water-access issues; and it directs the Department |
| of Marine Resources to study the value of creating a seafood |
| innovation, marketing and research fund. |