| 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. |