| | | H. The Lobster Advisory Council established by Title 5, | | section 12004-I, subsection 58; and |
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| | | I. An international lobster institute. This member must be | | a resident of the State. |
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| | | Members are entitled to compensation according to Title 5, | | chapter 379. |
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| | | Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §6473, sub-§2 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 2.__Exception.__Notwithstanding subsection 1, a person | | registered for Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area trap tags may | | serve as a crew member to assist in the licensed activities under | | the direct supervision of a Class I, Class II or Class III | | license holder outside the Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area. |
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| | | Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §6851, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 523, §3, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | 2-A. Wholesale seafood license with lobster permit. At the | | request of the applicant, the commissioner shall issue a | | wholesale seafood license with a lobster permit. A person | | holding a wholesale seafood license with a lobster permit may | | engage in all the activities in subsection 2 and may buy, sell, | | process, ship or transport lobster or properly permitted or | | lawfully imported lobster meat or parts anywhere within the state | | limits. A license under this subsection does not authorize a | | person to possess or transport lobster that person has taken | | unless that person is in possession of a license issued under | | section 6421, subsection 3-A, paragraph A, B, C or E. A license | | under this subsection does not authorize a person to remove | | lobster meat from the shell unless a permit under section 6857 is | | held. |
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| | | Sec. 8. 12 MRSA §6851, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2001, c. 421, Pt. B, | | §53 and affected by Pt. C, §1, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 4. License limited. A license under this section authorizes | | activities at only one establishment or with only one vehicle, | | but not on a vessel rigged to fish, provided that this license | | also authorizes the sale and transportation of scallops from any | | vessel. The limitation in this subsection does not apply to | | holders of licenses issued under section 6421 when they are | | transporting lobsters on the vessel they have declared on their | | lobster license application. |
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| | | Sec. 9. 12 MRSA §6862, sub-§§2 and 4, as amended by PL |
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