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An Act To Prohibit the Use of Nonnative Baitfish
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10001, sub-§6,  as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:
 
6. Baitfish.   "Baitfish" means only those species in the following list:
 
A.  Lake chub, (Couesius plumbeus);
 
B.  Eastern silvery minnow, (Hybognathus regius);
 
C.  Golden shiner, (Notemigonus crysoleucas);
 
D.   Emerald shiner, (Notropis atherinoides);
 
E.  Bridle shiner, (Notropis bifrenatus);
 
F.  Common shiner, (Luxilus cornutus);
 
G.  Blacknose shiner, (Notropis heterolepis);
 
H.  Spottail shiner, (Notropis hudsonius);
 
I.  Northern redbelly dace, (Phoxinus eos);
 
J.  Finescale dace, (Phoxinus neogaeus);
 
K.  Fathead minnow, (Pimephales promelas);
 
L.  Blacknose dace, (Rhinichthys atratulus);
 
M.  Longnose dace, (Rhinichthys cataractae);
 
N.  Creek chub, (Semotilus atromaculatus);
 
O.  Fallfish, (Semotilus corporalis);
 
P.  Pearl dace, (Margariscus margarita);
 
Q.  Banded killifish, (Fundulus diaphanus);
 
R.  Mummichog, (Fundulus heteroclitus);
 
S.  Longnose sucker, (Catostomus catostomus);
 
T.  White sucker, (Catostomus commersoni);
 
U.  Creek chubsucker, (Erimyzon oblongus); and
 
V.  American eel, (Anquilla rostrata); and.
 
W.  Blackchin shiner, (Notropis heterodon).
 
SUMMARY
This bill prohibits the use of nonnative fish as bait in inland waters.