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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 Certification, Recertification, Revocation of Certification
for Municipal Shellfish Conservation Warden
Ch. 5 Confidentiality of Fisheries Statistics
Ch. 6 Procedures for Lobster Tail Permit Holders
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
Ch. 14 Oyster Regulations
Ch. 15 General Shellfish Sanitation Requirements
Ch. 16 Uniform Physical Plant Equipment and Operation Requirements
Ch. 17 Shucker-Packer
Ch. 18 Shellstock Shipper
Ch. 19 Reshipper
Ch. 20 Depuration
Ch. 21 Shellfish Relay
Ch. 23 Standards for Closure of Contaminated or Polluted Flats
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 Alewives
Ch. 31 Horseshoe Crabs
Ch. 32 Eels
Ch. 34 Groundfish Regulations
Ch. 36 Herring Regulations
Ch. 37 Freshwater Fish Regulations
Ch. 39 Sturgeon - Minimum Length Limit for Shortnose and Atlantic Sturgeon and
Closed Area
Ch. 40 Smelt
Ch. 41 Menhaden
Ch. 42 Striped Bass
Ch. 43 Bluefish Rules
Ch. 44 American Shad
Ch. 45 Shrimp
Ch. 49 Shellfish Bait Permit
Ch. 50 Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Sharks
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 (1.4 MB)
Strategic Plan and Operational Plan for the Restoration of
Shad and Alewives to the Kennebec River Above Augusta: Foreword (3.7 MB)
The Strategic Plan for the Restoration of Shad and Alewives
to the Kennebec River Above Augusta (27.9 MB)
Operational Plan for the Restoration of Shad and Alewives
to the Kennebec River (34.0 MB)
Atlantic Salmon Management in the Kennebec River (20.6 MB)
Appendix A: Summary of Water Quality in the Kennebec River Basin (7.3 MB)
Appendix B: Lower Kennebec River Inland Fisheries Management Overview (15.6 MB)
Appendix I: Kennebec River Brown Trout Management Plan (4.2 MB)
Sandy River Brown Trout Management Plan (1.6 MB)
Amendment One to the Saco River Strategic Plan for Fisheries Management (5.6 MB)
Ch. 65 Burnt Island, Living Lighthouse and Facilities
Ch. 70 Hancock County, Dragging Prohibited in Cable Area
Ch. 75 Protected Resources
Ch. 90 Conservation Areas
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. 100 Grievance Procedures for the Handicapped
Ch. 110 Marine Harvesting Demonstration License