Sec. 15. 12 MRSA §6404-B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 327, §2, is further amended to read:

§6404-B. Suspension based on conviction of fishing on closed days

for sea urchin fishing

The commissioner shall suspend the sea urchin fishing license of any license holder convicted in court of violating section 6749-W or any rule adopted under section 6749. The suspension must be for one year from the date of conviction.

Sec. 16. 12 MRSA §6431-F, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 1999, c. 790, Pt. A, §12, is further amended to read:

B. If the license holder was issued a Class I, Class II or Class III lobster and crab fishing license pursuant to former section 6421, subsection 5, paragraph H or former section 6421-A, subsection 1, paragraph D, the license holder may not purchase more than 300 trap tags for the initial license year. For each following year, the license holder may purchase up to an increase of 100 trap tags each year as long as the total number does not exceed the trap limit established by rule for the zone in which the person fishes a majority of that person's traps; and

Sec. 17. 12 MRSA §6448, sub-§2, ¶¶A and C, as amended by PL 1999, c. 693, §1, are further amended to read:

A. After conducting a written survey in the zone, a lobster management policy council may propose to the commissioner an exit ratio to limit new zone entrants to the zone. The lobster management policy council may also propose to the commissioner a provision to exempt from the requirements of this section an individual who became eligible for but had not been issued a Class I, Class II or Class III license pursuant to section 6421, subsection 5, paragraph C or former paragraph H prior to January 1, 2000 and to allow that individual to declare the zone as that individual's declared lobster zone. The lobster management policy council is not required to submit the proposal to referendum and the proposed exit ratio does not need to receive approval through the survey in order to be forwarded to the commissioner.