12 §6745. Hand-raking mussel license - Maine Statutes

Title 12: CONSERVATION

Part 9: MARINE RESOURCES

Subpart 2: LICENSING

Chapter 623: SHELLFISH, SCALLOPS, WORMS AND MISCELLANEOUS LICENSES

Subchapter 2-B: MUSSELS HEADING: PL 1987, C. 328, §3 (NEW)

§6745. Hand-raking mussel license

1. License required. A person may not engage in the activities authorized under this section without a current mussel license or other license issued under this Part authorizing the activities.

[ 2001, c. 421, Pt. B, §44 (AMD); 2001, c. 421, Pt. C, §1 (AFF) .]

2. Licensed activity. The holder of a hand-raking mussel license may take mussels by hand raking or possess or transport mussels within the state limits or sell mussels the holder has taken to a wholesale seafood license holder certified under section 6856 or an enhanced retail seafood license holder under section 6852-A.

[ 2009, c. 217, §4 (AMD) .]

2-A. Licensed activities; aquaculture. The holder of a hand-raking mussel license who is also the holder or authorized representative of a holder of a lease issued under section 6072, 6072-A or 6072-B or a license issued under section 6072-C and personnel who are operating under the authority of such a holder of a hand-raking mussel license may remove, possess, transport within the state limits or sell cultured mussels the holder has removed from the leased area or the licensed gear to a wholesale seafood license holder certified under section 6856. Such a holder of a hand-raking mussel license may also sell such mussels from that license holder's home in the retail trade. The department shall establish by rule a means to identify personnel operating under the authority of such a license holder. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

[ 2007, c. 522, §4 (NEW) .]

3. Eligibility. A hand-raking mussel license may be issued only to an individual who is a resident.

[ 2001, c. 421, Pt. B, §44 (AMD); 2001, c. 421, Pt. C, §1 (AFF) .]

4. Exception. In any one day, a person may take or possess not more than 2 bushels of shellstock for personal use without a mussel license.

[ 2005, c. 434, §9 (AMD) .]

5. Fee. The fee for a hand-raking mussel license is $133.

[ 2009, c. 213, Pt. G, §21 (AMD) .]

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

[ 2001, c. 421, Pt. B, §44 (NEW); 2001, c. 421, Pt. C, §1 (AFF) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1987, c. 328, §3 (NEW). 1987, c. 826, §3 (AMD). 1989, c. 348, §6 (AMD). 1991, c. 528, §RRR (AFF). 1991, c. 528, §T10 (AMD). 1991, c. 591, §T10 (AMD). 2001, c. 421, §B44 (AMD). 2001, c. 421, §C1 (AFF). 2003, c. 20, §WW17 (AMD). 2005, c. 434, §9 (AMD). 2007, c. 522, §4 (AMD). 2009, c. 213, Pt. G, §21 (AMD). 2009, c. 217, §4 (AMD).