A.__Fish for or take lobsters by use of an otter or beam trawl, a scallop drag or trawl, seine or net; or

B.__Possess any lobsters, regardless of their source, on board any boat rigged for otter or beam trawling, scallop dragging or trawling, seining or netting.

2.__Exception; liberated alive.__A person does not violate this section if the lobster is immediately liberated alive in the coastal waters.

3.__Exceptions; boats.__This section does not apply to:

A.__A boat rigged for otter or beam trawling, scallop dragging or trawling, or seining if all nets and scallop drags are removed from the boat; or

B.__A boat rigged for netting if there are no finfish taken by gill net aboard.

Sec. F-37. 12 MRSA §6954-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 78, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

1.__Violation.__Unless permitted by rules adopted under subsection 1-A, a person may not:

A.__Take scallops by any means within the Frenchboro area; or

B.__Operate any watercraft when towing a drag or trawl within the Frenchboro area.__A drag or trawl must be lifted out of the water to transit the cable area.

For purposes of this section, "the Frenchboro area" means the following area:__starting at the easternmost point on Red Point, Swan's Island; thence in an easterly direction to the southernmost point of the western Sister's Island; thence in a southeasterly direction to the southernmost point of Crow Island; thence in a southerly direction to the northernmost point of Harbor Island, Frenchboro, Long Island; thence southerly to the state ferry terminal located on the eastern side of Lunt's Harbor, Frenchboro, Long Island, and then starting at the westernmost point of Gooseberry Point on Frenchboro, Long Island; westerly to the northeast point of John's Island; thence northwest to the easternmost point of the largest of the Baker Islands; thence northwesterly to the northeastern point of Harbor