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LR 1862
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §466, sub-§10-A is enacted to read:

 
10-A.__Subsistence fishing.__"Subsistence fishing" means the
catching of fish primarily to meet nutritional needs or for
traditional cultural reasons.

 
Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §467, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 1999, c. 277, §1,
is further amended to read:

 
B. Little Androscoggin River Drainage.

 
(1) Little Androscoggin River, main stem.

 
(a) From the outlet of Bryant Pond to the Maine
Central Railroad bridge in South Paris - Class A.

 
(b) From the Maine Central Railroad bridge in South
Paris to its confluence with the Androscoggin
River - Class C.

 
(2) Little Androscoggin River, tributaries - Class B
unless otherwise specified.

 
(a) Outlet of Thompson Lake in Oxford - Class C.

 
(b)__Andrews Brook in Woodstock - Class A.

 
(c)__Black Brook in Woodstock - Class A.

 
(d)__Cushman Stream in Woodstock - Class A.

 
(e)__Meadow Brook in Woodstock - Class A.

 
(f)__Bog Brook and tributaries in Minot, Oxford
and Hebron - Class A.

 
Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §467, sub-§1, ¶C, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989,
c. 228, §1, is amended to read:

 
C. Androscoggin River, Upper Drainage; that portion within
the State lying above the river's most upstream crossing of
the Maine-New Hampshire boundary - Class A unless otherwise
specified.

 
(1) Cupsuptic River and its tributaries - Class AA.

 
(2) Kennebago River and its tributaries except for the
impoundment of the dam at Kennebago Falls - Class AA.


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