12 §6723. Drag limits in Blue Hill Bay - Maine Statutes

Title 12: CONSERVATION

Part 9: MARINE RESOURCES

Subpart 2: LICENSING

Chapter 623: SHELLFISH, SCALLOPS, WORMS AND MISCELLANEOUS LICENSES

Subchapter 2: SCALLOPS

Article 2: LIMITS ON FISHING

§6723. Drag limits in Blue Hill Bay

1. Drag limit. Except as provided by rule pursuant to section 6727-A, subsection 2, a person may not fish for or take scallops with any one combination of scallop drags in excess of 8 feet, 6 inches in width, measured from the extreme outside edge of the mouth of the drag or drags, in Blue Hill Bay above or north of a line drawn from Bass Harbor Head in the Town of Tremont westerly to Pond Island and thence to Naskeag Point in the Town of Brooklin.

[ 2007, c. 607, Pt. A, §7 (NEW) .]

2. Violation. A person who violates this section commits a civil violation for which the following penalties apply:

A. For the first offense, a mandatory fine of $500 is imposed and all scallops on board may be seized; [2007, c. 607, Pt. A, §7 (NEW).]

B. For the 2nd offense, a mandatory fine of $750 is imposed and all scallops on board may be seized; and [2007, c. 607, Pt. A, §7 (NEW).]

C. For the 3rd and subsequent offenses, a mandatory fine of $750 is imposed and all scallops on board may be seized. This penalty is imposed in addition to the penalty imposed under section 6728-B. [2007, c. 607, Pt. A, §7 (NEW).]

[ 2007, c. 607, Pt. A, §7 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1977, c. 661, §5 (NEW). 1981, c. 91, (AMD). 2007, c. 607, Pt. A, §7 (RPR).