| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10001, sub-§3-A is enacted to read: |
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| | 3-A.__Aquarium.__"Aquarium" means an enclosed container used | in importing, possessing or displaying nonnative and exotic | species of fish or other aquatic organisms that has a closed | operating system, that is located within a home, exhibition | building or other permanent all-season structure and that does | not allow the discharge of water or aquatic organisms into the | inland waters of the State. |
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| | Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §10001, sub-§9, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. | A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read: |
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| B. In Washington County: East Grand Lake; Mud Lake; St. | Croix River; Spednic Lake; and Grand Falls flowage. |
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| | Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §10001, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, | §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is repealed. |
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| | Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §10001, sub-§20, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, | §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read: |
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| | 20. Exotic. "Exotic" means of foreign nature or character, | not native, introduced from abroad, and not fully naturalized or | acclimatized. |
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| | Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §10001, sub-§22, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, | §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read: |
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| | 22. Fish, the noun. "Fish" means a cold-blooded, completely | aquatic vertebrate characteristically having gills, fins and an | elongated streamlined body usually covered with scales, and | includes any physical part of a fish. The term refers to fish | living predominantly in inland waters, and anadromus to | anadromous and catadromus catadromous fish while in inland | waters. Whenever the name of a fish, such as "bass" or "trout," | is used, it means the named fish or any of its physical parts. |
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| | Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §10001, sub-§27, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, | §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read: |
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| | 27. Fly-fishing. "Fly-fishing" means casting upon water and | retrieving in a manner in which the weight of the fly line | propels the fly. No more than 3 unbaited artificial flies | individually attached to a line may be used. |
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