CHAPTER 660

H.P. 1383 - L.D. 1857

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force

on the Planning and Development of Marine Aquaculture in

Maine

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

PART A

Sec. A-1. 7 MRSA §401-B, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 563, §1, is amended to read:

To further the purposes of this Part, the commissioner shall initiate and implement programs necessary to facilitate the effective, profitable marketing of Maine agricultural products. For the purposes of this subchapter, the terms "agricultural products" and "farm products" include, but are not limited to, products of aquaculture as defined in Title 12, section 6001, subsection 1. These programs shall include, but are not be limited to, the following.

Sec. A-2. 12 MRSA §6052, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2003, c. 60, §2, is further amended to read:

3. Marketing. Serve Except for aquaculture, serve as the primary state agency providing promotional and marketing assistance to the commercial fishing industries, including assisting in marketing seafood, stimulating of consumer interest in and consumption of seafood, increasing the sales of seafood domestically and abroad, supporting and expanding existing markets and developing new markets for traditional and underutilized species;