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| | | An Act To Recognize and Protect the Native Eastern Brook |
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| | | Trout as Maine's Heritage Fish |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §212-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | §212-A.__State heritage fish |
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| | | The eastern brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, is a state | | heritage fish. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §12461 is enacted to read: |
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| | | §12461.__Native brook trout waters |
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| | | 1.__Adoption of initial list of native brook trout waters.__ | | The commissioner shall adopt by rule a list of native brook trout | | waters composed of lakes and ponds that contain eastern brook | | trout and have never been stocked according to any reliable | | records. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are major | | substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter | | 2-A. |
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| | | 2.__Addition of waters to list.__The commissioner may adopt | | rules to amend the list established in subsection 1 to add a lake | | or pond if that lake or pond meets criteria established by the | | commissioner for classifying a lake or pond as native brook trout | | waters.__Rules adopted to add a lake or pond to the list | | established under subsection 1 are routine technical rules as | | defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |
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