§6176.__Commercial fishing safety

The commissioner may adopt commercial fishing safety rules recommended by the Commercial Fishing Safety Council.__Rules authorized by this section must be adopted and amended in accordance with the procedures outlined in subchapter 2 and are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

SUMMARY

This bill makes several minor changes to the Commercial Fishing Safety Council as requested by that council. In addition, this legislation would give the Commissioner of Marine Resources the authority to initiate rulemaking in order to adopt commercial fishing vessel safety regulations that have been proposed to the department by the safety council.