Each day a person violates this paragraph that person commits a class Class E crime.

Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §12551-A, sub-§10 is enacted to read:

10.__Reports required.__A person licensed under this section must submit a report on forms provided by the department with the following information:__name and location, including the town and county of waters fished; date fished; total catch; gear type; and number of nets used.__The report must be submitted by May 31st of each year.__A person who has not submitted this report may be prohibited from obtaining a license under this section.__A person who is prohibited from obtaining__a license under this section may submit an appeal to the commissioner.

All data submitted as part of the report are for scientific purposes only and are confidential and not a public record within the meaning of Title 1, chapter 13, subchapter 1, except that the commissioner may disclose data collected under this subsection if that data are released in a form that is statistical or general in nature.