Marine resource bills coming before the Maine Legislature in 2017

The below list of fishery-related bills is as of 1/27/17  Additional bills will appear  they are finalized
Bill Topics:  lobsters, shellfish, marine ,worms , eels, smelt & rockweed


LOBSTERS
*  LD 14   An Act To Extend the Legal Hours for Harvesting Lobster
*  LD 68   An Act To Implement an Owner-Operator Requirement in the Scallop and Sea Urchin Fisheries
*  LD 113  An Act To Stabilize Lobster Bait Prices
*  LD 149  An Act To Provide Additional Management for Limited-entry Lobster Zones
*  LD 202.  An Act To Abolish Municipal Shellfish Ordinances
This bill eliminates the authority of a municipality to adopt a shellfish conservation program and ordinance


SHELLFISH

* LD 68,  An Act To Implement an Owner-Operator Requirement in the Scallop and Sea Urchin Fisheries
* LD 233  An Act To Establish a Statewide Scallop Harvesting Limit and Extend the Scallop Season

* LD 200    An Act To Allow Certain Municipal Shellfish Conservation Wardens To Seize and Sell Marine Organisms Taken in Violation of a Shellfish Conservation Ordinance

 
MARINE WORMS

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* LD 115

An Act To Protect the Marine Worm Industry

EELS 

* LD 286,  An Act To Promote and Encourage the Sustainability of the Elver Fishery 

SMELTS

* LD 28 Resolve, Prohibiting the Commissioner of Marine Resources from Adopting or Enforcing Certain Rules Limiting the Quantity of Smelts a Person May Take from the Coastal Waters of the State until after Completion of a Study

ROCKWEED 

  * LD 199,  An Act To Implement Decibel Limits for Mechanical Rockweed Harvesters

 * LD 196   An Act To Protect Personal Information of Participants in a Community Well-being Check Program

 

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