| | | 4. It removes language that provides an exemption from an | | exit ratio for an individual who became eligible for but who had | | not been issued a Class I, Class II or Class III license prior to | | January 1, 2000. It also provides that when a lobster management | | policy council proposes to the commissioner a change in an | | established exit ratio, the lobster management policy council may | | also propose to the commissioner a provision to allow certain | | individuals to enter the zone in accordance with the previously | | existing exit ratio. |
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| | | 5. It provides that the members of the lobster research, | | education and development board may be reimbursed for travel | | expenses for board meetings. |
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| | | 6. It creates an exception to allow persons registered for | | Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area trap tags to work as crew | | members outside the Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area. |
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| | | 7. It amends the wholesale seafood license with lobster | | permit to prevent individuals from possessing or transporting | | lobster they have taken unless they possess a Class I, II or III | | or student lobster and crab fishing license. It clarifies that | | license holders licensed under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title | | 12, section 6421 may transport lobsters they have not taken if | | they are using the vessel declared on their license. |
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| | | 8. It amends the lobster tail permit to allow the processing | | of only whole lobster tails and not portions of lobster tails. |
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