Maine bill to let towns limit marine worm digging passes Marine committee with amendment.

LD 1452 An Act To Allow Municipalities with Shellfish Conservation Ordinances To Request Permission To Prohibit Marine Worm Harvesting

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"This bill allows a municipality with a shellfish conservation ordinance to apply to the Department of Marine Resources to request a prohibition on marine worm harvesting. It also makes it a civil violation to harvest marine worms from areas closed to the harvest and possession of marine worms."

WHAT PEOPLE WROTE 

Written testimony, in alphabetical order, pdf files

Arsenault, James	Dresden	(286 KB)
Coffin, Chad	Maine Clammers Assn.	(57 KB)
Couture, Darcie	Lead Scientist/Resource Access International, LLC	(87 KB)
Creamer, Pamela	Woolwich Shelfish Conservation Committee	(35 KB)
Devereaux, Daniel	Brunswick Marine Resource Officer and Harbor Master	(82 KB)
Gerzofsky, Stan	Maine State Legislature	(176 KB)
Gideon, Sara	Maine State Legislature (75 KB) Add caption
Harrington, Daniel	Woolwich	(143 KB)
Harrington, Philip	Woolwich	(697 KB)
Johnson, Fred	Steuben	(255 KB)
Keliher, Patrick	DMR	(95 KB)
Kent, Peter	Maine State Legislature	(124 KB)
Latti, Mark	Brunswick Marine Resources Committee	(1934 KB)
Latti, Mark	Resident	(98 KB)
Renwick, John	Birch Harbor