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enclose baitfish when its ends are brought together or drawn
ashore.

 
56. Set line.__"Set line" means a line extending into the
water and rigged to catch fish that has one end secured to the
shore or to a fixed or buoyant object and that is not personally
attended.

 
57. Single-baited hook.__"Single-baited hook" means a single
baited apparatus designed to catch only one fish at a time.

 
58.__Snagging.__"Snagging" means to fish by manipulating a
hook or hooks in such a manner as to pierce or snag the fish in a
part of the body other than the mouth.

 
59.__Sporting dogs.__"Sporting dogs" means sporting dogs as
defined by the American Kennel Club, including pointers,
retrievers, setters, spaniels, Vizslas, Weimaraners and
wirehaired pointing griffons.

 
60.__Sunrise.__"Sunrise" means the time computed and
established for sunrise for Augusta, Maine, by the Nautical
Almanac Office of the United States Naval Observatory, converted
to the legal standard of time in force in this State on that day.

 
61.__Sunset.__"Sunset" means the time computed and established
for sunset for Augusta, Maine, by the Nautical Almanac Office of
the United States Naval Observatory, converted to the legal
standard of time in force in this State on that day.

 
62.__Threatened species.__"Threatened species" means a species
of fish or wildlife that has been determined by the commissioner
as likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable
future throughout all or a significant portion of its range and
that is listed as a state threatened species under section 12803,
subsection 3.

 
63.__Trap, the noun.__"Trap" means a device that is designed
primarily to catch or hold wild animals, including, but not
limited to, a foothold trap, a killer-type trap, a cage-type trap
or a snare.

 
64.__Trap, the verb.__To "trap" means to set, place or tend a
trap within the fields, forests or waters of the State, to kill
an animal that is caught in a trap or to aid or assist another
person in setting or placing a trap, tending a trap or killing an
animal that is caught in a trap.

 
65.__Trap net.__"Trap net" means a funnel-shaped net designed
to intercept and retain fish in a confined space.


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