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provided also that the alewives are not taken from any waters
in which a municipality or other person has been granted
exclusive rights under section 6131;

 
C.__A person may fish for or possess alewives from inland
waters if that person has been granted fishing rights under
section 6131; and

 
D.__A person may take suckers for use as bait for fishing in
inland waters as provided in section 12551-A without a
permit under subsection 2.

 
Sec. E-9. 12 MRSA §12659-A, sub-§1, ¶¶A and B, as enacted by PL 2003, c.
655, Pt. B, §282 and affected by §422, are repealed.

 
Sec. E-10. 12 MRSA §12659-A, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655,
Pt. B, §282 and affected by §422, is repealed.

 
Sec. E-11. 12 MRSA §12659-A, sub-§§3, 4 and 5 are enacted to read:

 
3.__Unattended lines.__Except as provided in subsection 4, a
person licensed to fish shall have all lines under that person's
immediate supervision.

 
4.__Checking cusk lines.__In waters that are opened under
section 12454, subsection 1, paragraph B, a person fishing

 
through the ice for cusk in the nighttime shall visit at least
once every hour all lines set by that person for cusk.

 
5.__Penalty.__The following penalties apply to violations of
this section.

 
A.__A person who violates this section commits a civil
violation for which a fine of not less than $100 nor more
than $500 may be adjudged.

 
B.__A person who violates this section after having been
adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil violations
under this Part within the previous 5-year period commits a
Class E crime.

 
Sec. E-12. 12 MRSA §12662, sub-§1, as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9
and amended by c. 655, Pt. B, §285 and affected by §422, is
further amended to read:

 
1. Prohibition. Except as provided in section 12659-A 12454,
subsection 1, paragraph B, a person may not ice fish from 1/2
hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise of the following
morning.


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