5. Rules. The commissioner shall adopt all rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, including, but not limited to:

A. Requiring that precautions be taken so that, if possible, all fish caught may be retained alive and, following the close of the tournament, be released into the body from which they were taken;

B. Fixing the maximum total value of prizes that may be awarded at each tournament; and

C. Limiting the length of a tournament to 3 days. A tournament lasting more than one day must be a regional or multistate tournament sanctioned by the applicant bass club.

Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

Sec. 255. 12 MRSA §12505, sub-§6 is enacted to read:

6. Violation of rules; penalty.__Except as provided in section 12602, the following penalties apply to violations of rules adopted under subsection 5.

A.__A person who violates a rule adopted under subsection 5 commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged.

B.__A person who violates a rule adopted under subsection 5 after having been adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil violations under this Part within the previous 5-year period commits a Class E crime.

Sec. 256. 12 MRSA §12506, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

§12506.__Alewife, eel, sucker and yellow perch harvesting

method permit; elver prohibition

1.__Permit required.__Except as otherwise authorized pursuant to this Part and except as provided in subsections 5 and 5-A, a person may not fish for or possess the following fish using the harvesting methods listed in subsection 2 without a valid permit issued under this section: