Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6136 is enacted to read:

§6136.__Alewife management; Mount Desert Island

The commissioner, in consultation with the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, shall adopt rules to restore fish passage and manage alewives in Long Pond, Mount Desert Island.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §10108, sub-§12 is enacted to read:

12.__Mount Desert Island fisheries management program.__The commissioner shall establish a fisheries management program for the purpose of reestablishing salmon, brook trout and alewife fisheries on Mount Desert Island.

A. The commissioner shall develop and implement the program in collaboration with the Department of Marine Resources and other appropriate federal, state and local government entities.

B.__In establishing the program, the commissioner shall:

(1) Adopt rules to restore, enhance and protect wild and stocked landlocked salmon that include, but are not limited to, a daily catch limit of 2 salmon with only one fish exceeding 24 inches and a requirement that any salmon between 20 and 24 inches be released alive. The rules must address, but are not limited to, issues concerning Long Pond and Echo Lake;

(2)__Adopt rules to restore, enhance and protect wild brook trout that include, but are not limited to, a minimum length limit of 8 inches for keeping brook trout; and

(3)__Develop and implement a plan to minimize the negative impact of competing species on salmon, brook trout and alewives.

C.__The commissioner shall work with appropriate federal, state and local government entities to the maximum extent possible to implement the program. At a minimum, the commissioner shall make recommendations to appropriate federal, state and local government entities regarding salmon in Eagle Lake and Jordan Pond and brook trout in streams within Acadia National Park.