| | | 4.__Permits allowing use of gill nets by other state agencies.__ | | The department may authorize the use of gill nets by other state | | agencies for purposes of scientific research or public safety | | projects. |
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| | | A.__The authority granted to the department under this | | subsection is subject to the following constraints. |
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| | | (1)__Any authorization by the department for another | | state agency to utilize gill nets must be given through | | written permit. |
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| | | (2)__Both ends of the gill net must be marked with | | buoys that are clearly visible from a distance of 300 | | feet and that identify the state agency responsible for | | setting the net. |
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| | | (3)__The results of each netting must be forwarded on a | | weekly basis to the department, and the records of the | | results must be available for public inspection at the | | department. |
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| | | ENDANGERED SPECIES; MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH |
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| | | §12801. Declaration of purpose |
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| | | The Legislature finds that various species of fish or wildlife | | have been and are in danger of being rendered extinct within the | | State of Maine, and that these species are of esthetic, | | ecological, educational, historical, recreational and scientific | | value to the people of the State. The Legislature, therefore, | | declares that it is the policy of the State to conserve, by | | according such protection as is necessary to maintain and enhance | | their numbers, all species of fish or wildlife found in the | | State, as well as the ecosystems upon which they depend. |
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| | | §12802. Commissioner's authority, investigations and programs |
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| | | 1.__Investigations. The commissioner may conduct | | investigations in order to develop information relating to | | population size, distribution, habitat needs, limiting factors | | and other biological and ecological data relating to the status | | and requirements for survival of any resident species of fish or | | wildlife, whether endangered or not. |
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