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| | | An Act To Amend Laws Pertaining to Commercial Fishing |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10001, sub-§12-A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 552, §1 | | and affected by §15 and c. 655, Pt. C, §§2 and 6, is repealed and | | the following enacted in its place: |
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| | | 12-A.__Dip net.__"Dip net" means: |
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| | | A.__Except when taking smelts in a tributary or within 100 | | feet of the mouth of a tributary, a device consisting of a | | rigid frame filled with netting, firmly attached to a rigid | | handle and manually operated by a single person; and |
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| | | B.__When used to take smelts in a tributary or within 100 | | feet of the mouth of a tributary, a device consisting of a | | rigid circular frame that is not more than 24 inches in | | diameter as measured at any point on the hoop, filled with | | netting, firmly attached to a rigid handle and manually | | operated by a single person. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §12456, sub-§2, ķA, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. | | A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is repealed and the following | | enacted in its place: |
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