SUMMARY

This bill limits lobster management zones to the 3-mile nautical line as described on nautical charts. A lobster license holder will not be required to fish a majority of that person's traps within the license holder's declared lobster management zone when fishing beyond the 3-mile nautical line.

A license holder will be subject to the most restrictive rules regarding the number of lobster traps allowed on a trawl and the time of day when lobster fishing may occur adopted for any zone in which the license holder fishes only when fishing inside the 3-mile nautical line. A license holder will be subject to the most restrictive rules regarding the number of lobster traps fished adopted for any zone in which the license holder fishes when that license holder is fishing inside the 3-mile nautical line and will be subject to the rules for the license holder's own zone when fishing beyond the 3-mile nautical line.