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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 F-14. 12 MRSA §6575-C, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1997, c. 575, §5, is | repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | 3.__Portion of rivers, streams and brooks.__ A person may not: |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| | Sec. F-15. 12 MRSA §6575-C, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 536, Pt. | A, §9, is amended to read: |
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| | 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. |
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| | 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 F-16. 12 MRSA §6621, sub-§§1 and 2, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 661, | §5, are repealed and the following enacted in their place: |
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| | 1.__Taking from closed areas.__A person may not: |
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| A.__Fish for or take shellfish from any area closed by | regulation; |
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| 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; |
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| C.__Possess, ship, transport or sell shellfish taken from | any area closed by regulation; or |
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| 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. |
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| | 2.__Washing or holding in closed areas.__A person may not: |
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| A.__Wash, hold or keep shellfish in any area closed by | regulation; |
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