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An Act To Prohibit the Use of Blackchin Shiners as 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).
Effective September 20, 2007