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13 188 Marine Resources - General
Ch. 1 Watercraft Excise Tax Decal
Ch. 2 Aquaculture Lease Regulations (pdf)
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Ch. 15 General Shellfish Sanitation Requirements (Repealed; see Ch. 94)
Ch. 16 Uniform Physical Plant Equipment and Operation Requirements(Repealed; see Ch. 94)
Ch. 17 Shucker-Packer(Repealed; see Ch. 94)
Ch. 18 Shellstock Shipping(Repealed; see Ch. 94)
Ch. 19 Reshipping(Repealed; see Ch. 94)
Ch. 20 Depuration(Repealed; see Ch. 94)
Ch. 21 Shellfish Relay(Repealed; see Ch. 94)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Ch. 23 Standards for Closure of Contaminated or Polluted Flats(Repealed; see Ch. 94)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