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Sec. F-14. 12 MRSA §6575-C, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1997, c. 575, §5, is
repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
3.__Portion of rivers, streams and brooks.__ A person may not:

 
A.__Fish for or take elvers at any time within the middle
1/3 of a river, stream, brook or other watercourse, as
measured at mean high tide, within the coastal waters of the
State; or

 
B.__Obstruct the middle 1/3 of any river, stream, brook or
other watercourse, as measured at mean low tide, within the
coastal waters of the State.

 
Sec. F-15. 12 MRSA §6575-C, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 536, Pt.
A, §9, is amended to read:

 
4. Dip nets near elver fyke nets. It is unlawful for a A
person to may not fish for or take elvers with a dip net in the
mouth of an elver fyke net. For the purposes of this subsection,
"mouth of an elver fyke net" means that area within an elver fyke
net that is net-side of a straight line that runs from one meshed
wing tip of the net to the other meshed wing tip.

 
Sec. F-16. 12 MRSA §6621, sub-§§1 and 2, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 661,
§5, are repealed and the following enacted in their place:

 
1.__Taking from closed areas.__A person may not:

 
A.__Fish for or take shellfish from any area closed by
regulation;

 
B.__Fish for or take shellfish from any area closed by
regulation when the person has one or more prior convictions
for violating paragraph A;

 
C.__Possess, ship, transport or sell shellfish taken from
any area closed by regulation; or

 
D.__Possess, ship, transport or sell shellfish taken from
any area closed by regulation when the person has one or
more prior convictions for violating paragraph C.

 
2.__Washing or holding in closed areas.__A person may not:

 
A.__Wash, hold or keep shellfish in any area closed by
regulation;


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