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13 188 Marine Resources - General Ch. 1 Watercraft Excise Tax Decal Ch. 2 Aquaculture Lease Regulations Ch. 3 Foreign Fish Processing within Maine's Territorial Sea Ch. 4 Municipal Shellfish Conservation Warden Certification Ch. 5 Confidentiality of Fisheries Statistics Ch. 6 Lobster Processing Ch. 7 Requirements for Municipalities Having Shellfish Conservation Programs Ch. 8 Landings Program Ch. 9 Harvester: Shellstock Harvesting, Handling and Sanitation Ch. 10 Clams and Quahogs Ch. 11 Scallops Ch. 12 Mussels Ch. 13 Whelks and Periwinkles Ch. 14 Oyster Regulations Ch. 15 General Shellfish Sanitation Requirements (Repealed; see Ch. 94) Ch. 16 Uniform Physical Plant Equipment and Operation Requirements(Repealed; see Ch. 94) Ch. 17 Shucker-Packer(Repealed; see Ch. 94) Ch. 18 Shellstock Shipping(Repealed; see Ch. 94) Ch. 19 Reshipping(Repealed; see Ch. 94) Ch. 20 Depuration(Repealed; see Ch. 94) Ch. 21 Shellfish Relay(Repealed; see Ch. 94) Ch. 22 Retail Shellfish Ch. 23 Standards for Closure of Contaminated or Polluted Flats(Repealed; see Ch. 94) Ch. 24 Importation of Live Marine Organisms Ch. 25 Lobster and Crab Appendices taken from the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster, in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format: Amendment 3 Amendment 3 Addendum I Amendment 3 Addendum II Amendment 3 Addendum III Amendment 3 Addendum III Technical Addendum #1 Amendment III Addendum IV Ch. 26 Sea Urchins Ch. 27 Sea Cucumbers Ch. 28 Marine Worms Ch. 29 Seaweed Ch. 30 River Herring Ch. 31 Horseshoe Crabs Ch. 32 Eel Regulations Ch. 34 Groundfish Regulations Ch. 36 Atlantic Herring Ch. 37 Freshwater Fish Regulations Ch. 39 Sturgeon - Minimum Length Limit for Shortnose and Atlantic Sturgeon and Closed Area Ch. 40 Smelt Regulations Ch. 41 Menhaden Ch. 42 Striped Bass Ch. 43 Bluefish Ch. 44 American Shad Ch. 45 Shrimp
Ch. 49 Shellfish Bait Permit Ch. 50 Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Sharks Ch. 51 Black Sea Bass Ch. 52 Atlantic Mackerel Ch. 55 Gear Restrictions Ch. 60 Resource Management Plan (The following items, incorporated by reference, are in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format.) Lower Kennebec River Anadromous Fish Restoration Plan and Inland Fisheries Management Overview: Cover Page Strategic Plan and Operational Plan for the Restoration of Shad and Alewives to the Kennebec River Above Augusta: Foreword The Strategic Plan for the Restoration of Shad and Alewives to the Kennebec River Above Augusta Operational Plan for the Restoration of Shad and Alewives to the Kennebec River Atlantic Salmon Management in the Kennebec River Appendix A: Summary of Water Quality in the Kennebec River Basin Appendix B: Lower Kennebec River Inland Fisheries Management Overview Appendix I: Kennebec River Brown Trout Management Plan Sandy River Brown Trout Management Plan Amendment One to the Saco River Strategic Plan for Fisheries Management Ch. 65 Burnt Island, Living Lighthouse and Facilities Ch. 70 Hancock County, Dragging Prohibited in Cable Area Ch. 75 Protected Resources Ch. 80 Commercial Pelagic and Anadromous Fishing License Ch. 85 Saltwater Fishing Registry Ch. 90 Conservation Areas Ch. 91 Spat Collection Ch. 94 Sanitary Control of Molluscan Shellfish Shellfish Closures: refer to the Department of Marine Resources site. Ch. 95 Closed Areas - Due to Pollution Ch. 96 Closed Areas - Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Ch. 105 Safety Regulations Ch. 110 Marine Harvesting Demonstration License Ch. 115 Vibrio parahaemolyticus Control Plan