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| | | An Act To Set the Minimum Legal Shell Size for Scallops |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6728, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 192, §1, is | | repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6729 is enacted to read: |
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| | | §6729.__Shell size minimum |
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| | | 1.__Minimum shell size.__Except as provided in subsection 4, | | this subsection governs the shell size limits of scallops. |
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| | | A.__From December 1, 2003 to November 30, 2004, a person may | | not possess, ship, transport, buy or sell scallops that are | | less than 3 3/4 inches in the longest diameter. |
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| | | B.__On December 1, 2004 and thereafter, a person may not | | possess, ship, transport, buy or sell scallops that are less | | than 4 inches in the longest diameter. |
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| | | 2. Prima facie evidence.__It is prima facie evidence of | | possession of illegal scallops if a vessel contains scallops less | | than the minimum shell size set by this section or the minimum | | shell size set by rules adopted pursuant to this section while a | | scallop boat license holder or crew member is shucking scallops. |
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| | | 3.__Release of undersize scallops.__Those scallops that are | | less than the minimum shell size established by this section or |
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