Title 12, Chapter 417: REGULATIONS GOVERNING TAKING OF FISH AND SHELLFISH

Title 12, Chapter 417: REGULATIONS GOVERNING TAKING OF FISH AND SHELLFISH

Subchapter 1: LICENSES GENERALLY

12 §3801. Commercial licenses; residents (REPEALED)

12 §3802. --Nonresidents (REPEALED)

Subchapter 2: MISCELLANEOUS SPECIES

Article 1: HERRING

12 §3851. Canning purposes (REPEALED)

12 §3852. Sale and purchase by standard unit of measure (REPEALED)

12 §3853. Boats to be sealed (REPEALED)

12 §3854. Payment by cash or written acknowledgment (REPEALED)

12 §3855. Size (REPEALED)

12 §3856. Artificial lights in taking (REPEALED)

12 §3857. Penalties (REPEALED)

Article 2: QUAHOGS

12 §3901. Minimum size (REPEALED)

Article 3: SALMON

12 §3951. Closed season (REPEALED)

12 §3951-A. Coho salmon; closed season (REPEALED)

Article 4: SCALLOPS

12 §4001. License (REPEALED)

12 §4002. Closed season (REPEALED)

12 §4003. Minimum size (REPEALED)

12 §4004. Dragging; Blue Hill Bay (REPEALED)

Article 5: SEA MOSS

12 §4051. License; resident and nonresident (REPEALED)

Article 5-A: SHRIMPS

12 §4062. Netting (REPEALED)

Article 6: SMELTS

12 §4101. Closed season (REPEALED)

12 §4102. Marking ice fishing shacks (REPEALED)

Article 7: TUNA

12 §4151. Method of taking; penalties (REPEALED)

Article 8: PROHIBITED ACTS

12 §4201. Seines or nets not to be set near weirs (REPEALED)

12 §4202. Otter trawls unlawful (REPEALED)

12 §4203. Otter or beam trawls prohibited in Washington County (REPEALED)

12 §4204. Trawls; size and use in Casco Bay and adjacent waters (REPEALED)

12 §4205. Vessels over 65 feet; use in Casco Bay and adjacent waters (REPEALED)

12 §4206. Dumping of dead or scaled fish (REPEALED)

12 §4207. Use of dynamite or poison (REPEALED)

12 §4208. Purse seines not to be set near certain stop seines (REPEALED)

12 §4209. Purse seines in Washington County (REPEALED)

12 §4210. Taking of striped or sea bass (REPEALED)

12 §4211. Importing marine species (REPEALED)

12 §4212. Dragging in Spruce Creek (REPEALED)

12 §4213. Use of seine or gill nets on Union River (REPEALED)

12 §4214. Dragging in charted cable areas (REPEALED)

Subchapter 3: SHELLFISH AND MARINE WORMS

Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

12 §4251. Municipal funds for conservation (REPEALED)

12 §4252. Municipal ordinances for regulation and licensing (REPEALED)

12 §4252-A. Green crab fencing program (REPEALED)

12 §4253. Cultivation of oysters (REPEALED)

Article 2: LICENSES AND PERMITS

12 §4301. Commercial license required (REPEALED)

12 §4301-A. Marine worm digger's license required (REPEALED)

12 §4301-B. Marine worm dealer's license (REPEALED)

12 §4301-C. Marine worm fund (REPEALED)

12 §4301-D. Marine worm sale and inspection (REPEALED)

12 §4302. Wholesale seafood dealer's and processor's license (REPEALED)

12 §4302-A. Special authorization to sell shucked shellfish (REPEALED)

12 §4302-B. Fishery inspection regulated (REPEALED)

12 §4303. Retail dealer's license (REPEALED)

12 §4304. Cultivation of clams and mussels (REPEALED)

12 §4305. Procedure for licenses authorized by §4304 (REPEALED)

12 §4306. Interstate transportation (REPEALED)

12 §4307. Intrastate shellfish permit (REPEALED)

12 §4308. Transplanting of seed clams and quahogs (REPEALED)

12 §4309. Certificate to ship shellfish out of State (REPEALED)

12 §4310. Certificate to pack or shuck shellfish for interstate shipment (REPEALED)

12 §4311. Disposition of license fees (REPEALED)

Article 3: PROHIBITED ACTS

12 §4351. Violations regarding shellfish cultivation; local enforcement (REPEALED)

12 §4352. Method of taking clams or marine worms (REPEALED)

12 §4353. Shellfish in unlabeled containers (REPEALED)

Subchapter 4: LOBSTERS, CRABS AND CRAWFISH

Article 1: LICENSES AND PERMITS

12 §4401. Purchase of egg-bearing lobsters; regulations; V-notch lobsters (REPEALED)

12 §4402. Removal of lobster meat from shell (REPEALED)

12 §4403. Interstate lobster transportation (REPEALED)

12 §4404. Lobster and crab fishing (REPEALED)

12 §4405. Applicants to describe lobster and crab fishing trap buoys (REPEALED)

12 §4406. Dragging scallops by otter trawl; Penobscot River (REPEALED)

Article 2: PROHIBITED ACTS

12 §4451. Lobsters; length, double gauge measure (REPEALED)

12 §4452. Sale of crawfish; imitation lobster (REPEALED)

12 §4453. Conventional method of capturing lobsters required (REPEALED)

12 §4454. Shipping lobsters in unlabeled containers (REPEALED)

12 §4455. Possession of certain lobster meat unlawful (REPEALED)

12 §4456. Possession of foreign lobster meat by wholesale dealer (REPEALED)

12 §4457. Restrictions on persons raising, possessing or molesting traps (REPEALED)

12 §4458. Hauling lobster pots at night (REPEALED)

12 §4459. Possession of egg-bearing lobsters (REPEALED)

12 §4460. Unmarked lobster shipping containers (REPEALED)

12 §4461. Unmarked lobster and crab pots and traps (REPEALED)

12 §4462. Setting of traps near weirs (REPEALED)

12 §4463. Lobster traps on trawls; York County (REPEALED)

12 §4464. -- Saco Bay; Cumberland County (REPEALED)

12 §4465. -- Certain tidal waters (REPEALED)

12 §4465-A. Hancock County (REPEALED)

12 §4466. Otter or beam trawls, seining or netting prohibited (REPEALED)

12 §4467. Labeling of shrimp (REPEALED)

12 §4468. Escape vents on lobster or crab traps (REPEALED)

Subchapter 5: ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

12 §4501. Prosecution by county attorney (REPEALED)

12 §4502. Jurisdiction (REPEALED)

12 §4503. Arrest (REPEALED)

12 §4504. General Penalty (REPEALED)

12 §4505. Violations by corporations; proceedings (REPEALED)

12 §4506. Certificate of commissioner or chief warden admissible in evidence (REPEALED)

12 §4507. Witness compelled to testify (REPEALED)

12 §4508. Recovery and disposition of fines, fees and forfeitures (REPEALED)

12 §4509. State pays costs of imprisonment (REPEALED)

12 §4510. Fees and forms for libel proceedings (REPEALED)

Article 2: SEARCHES AND SEIZURES

12 §4551. Boats, vehicles and persons to stop on request (REPEALED)

12 §4552. Seizure and disposition of equipment and species (REPEALED)

12 §4553. Report to commissioner (REPEALED)

12 §4554. Search warrants and authority to search without one (REPEALED)

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