Marine Resources committee 4/6/23 12 mile limit, Smelt, Triploid oysters

 * Intro  to April 6, 2023 mtg    min58sec

12 MILE LIMIT FOR STATE

* LD 563 Intro Faulkingham 12min 24sec

* LD 563 Intro Brakey 7min 15sec

* Brakey  Q&A 1 min 15sec

* LD 563 Keliher 13min

* Mahary 10th amendment ctr

*    Gelinas on 563   1 min 45sec

SMELT

*   LD 593 Smelt  co sponsor 5min 15sec

* LD 595 Keliher 6mi 35sec

*  LD 593 Keliher Q&A

* Bailey Bowden NFNA

TRIPLOID OYSTERS

LD 711 Triploid Oysters supporters 19min

Oppos 

Diane Tilton downeast Inst 6min 15sec

Erik Aransky 2min

* Joanna Fogg  oyster farmer 2min 34sec

LD711 OPPO Dierdre Gilbert 3min 38sec

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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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Smelt, lobsters, seaweed, shrimp, clams on agenda DMR advisory mtg 12/16/09

Smelt, lobsters, seaweed,  shrimp and clams  are on the agenda for the DMR Advisory Council meeting, December 16, 2009 1:00 p.m. at the   Natural Resource Service Center in Hallowell. The public is welcome to attend. Directions here.
 
The following regulations will be voted upon :

Chapter 40 Smelt Regulations and Chapter 55 Gear Restrictions, sections 20, 60 and 97
(C. Enterline) (PDF format, 68KB, 8 pages)
Chapter 22 Retail Shellfish (New), & Chapter 9.01(D) Update (B. Chamberlain)
(PDF format, 45KB, 6 pages).
Chapter 105 Safety Regulations (C. Fetterman) (PDF format, 134KB, 12 pages)
Chapter 8.20(N) Landings Program, Harvester Reporting, Lobster Harvest (S. Cotnoir)
(PDF format, 11KB, 1 page)
Chapter 25.09 Procedure for Issuing Seed Lobster Permits, and Chapter 25.90(A)(2) & (D)(2) citation correction (D. Gilbert) (PDF format, 21KB, 3 pages)
Chapter 29 Seaweed and Chapter 8 Landings Program – amend for Seaweed Buyer’s surcharge rules (P. Thayer) (PDF format, 115KB, 11 pages)
Chapter 11.10(H)(1,2,8) Scallops - Technical corrections to closure line descriptions (Lt. Cornish)
(PDF format, 11KB, 1 page)
Chapter 1 Watercraft Excise Tax Decal (Col. Fessenden) (PDF format, 11KB, 1 page)
Chapter 45.05(1)(A)(2) Shrimp Season, 2009– 2010 (regular rulemaking) (L. Churchill)
(PDF format, 9KB, 1 page)

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