Maine Revised Statutes Title 12. Conservation § 6749-O. Limited entry; exceptions

1. Repealed. Pursuant to its own terms, eff. Dec. 31, 1998.

2. Repealed. Pursuant to its own terms, eff. Dec. 31, 1998.

2-A. License eligibility. The commissioner may not issue a handfishing sea urchin license, a sea urchin dragging license or a sea urchin hand-raking and trapping license to any person unless that person:

2-B. Sea urchin license limited entry system. The commissioner shall establish by rule a limited entry system under which a person who did not hold a handfishing sea urchin license, a sea urchin dragging license or a sea urchin hand-raking and trapping license in the previous calendar year may become eligible to obtain that license for use in a zone established pursuant to section 6749-N. The rules for a limited entry system must include provisions for the method and administration of the program. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.

3. Repealed. Laws 1999, c. 643, § 8.

4. Repealed. Laws 1999, c. 643, § 8.

5. Protection from depletion. The commission may adopt rules for a sea urchin license limited entry system to prohibit a new entry in a year when it is necessary to protect or conserve the urchin fishery from imminent depletion.