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A.__Commercial fishing license for a resident operator;

 
B.__Commercial fishing license for a resident operator and
all crew members;

 
C.__Commercial fishing license for a nonresident operator
and all crew members; or

 
D.__Other license under this Part authorizing the
activities.

 
Sec. F-11. 12 MRSA §6505-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 421, Pt.
B, §27 and affected by Pt. C, §1, is further amended to read:

 
1. License required. A person may not fish for or take
elvers or possess, ship, transport or sell elvers that the person
has taken unless the person is issued an one of the following
elver fishing license licenses under this section.:

 
A.__A resident elver fishing license for one device;

 
B.__A resident elver fishing license for 2 devices;

 
C.__A nonresident elver fishing license for one device; or

 
D.__A nonresident elver fishing license for 2 devices.

 
Sec. F-12. 12 MRSA §6551, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 661, §5, is
repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
§6551.__Tuna; method of taking

 
A person may not:

 
1.__Fish for or take tuna; permitted methods.__Fish for or
take any tuna by any method other than by harpoons or by hook and
line; or

 
2.__Possess.__Possess any tuna that was taken in an unlawful
manner.

 
Sec. F-13. 12 MRSA §6575-C, sub-§§1 and 2, as enacted by PL 1995, c.
536, Pt. A, §9, are amended to read:

 
1. Dams with fishways. It is unlawful for a A person to may
not fish for or take elvers within 150 feet of any part of a dam
with a fishway or within 150 feet of a fishway.

 
2. Alewife traps. It is unlawful for a A person to may not
fish for or take elvers within 50 feet of a licensed alewife
trap.


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