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LD 852 An Act To Clarify the Public Ownership of Marine Organisms within the Intertidal Zone

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §3-A is enacted to read:

§ 3-A. Ownership of marine organisms in the intertidal zone

In addition to the living resources of the seas owned and controlled by the State under section 2, subsection 2-A, the State declares that it owns and controls the harvesting of seaweed, shellfish and other marine organisms on or under lands within the intertidal zone.

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This bill declares that the State owns and controls the harvesting of seaweed, shellfish and other marine organisms on or under lands within the intertidal zone.