Proposed Rulemaking

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2019

Posted January 16, 2019

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 25.04 Lobster Trawl Limits Hancock County - Public Hearings: 5:00 PM, February 4, 2019, Ellsworth High School. Snow date scheduled for 5:00 PN, February 5, 2019 - Comment Deadline: February 15, 2019 (pdf file, 272 kb)

Posted January 9, 2019

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 32 Elver Quota System for the 2019 season - Public Hearings: 5:00 PM January 28, 2019, Jeff’s Catering, Brewer, ME; 5:00 PM January 29, 2019 Rm 118 DMR Offices, Marquardt Building, Augusta, ME. Snow date 5:00 PM January 30, 2019, Rm 118 DMR Offices, Marquardt Building, Augusta, ME - Comment Deadline: February 11, 2019 (pdf file, 304 kb)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 41 Menhaden; 2019 Menhaden Fishery Program - Public Hearings: January 29, 2019 at 4:30 p.m., DMR Conference Room, Marquardt Building, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta. Snow date scheduled for January 30, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. - Comment Deadline: February 13, 2019 (pdf file, 212 kb)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 36 Herring; 2019 Season - Public Hearings: January 29, 2019 at 4:00 p.m., DMR Conference Room, Marquardt Building, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta. Snow date scheduled for January 30, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. - Comment Deadline February 13, 2019 (pdf file, 411 kb)

Posted January 2, 2019

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 2 Aquaculture Lease Regulations – Public Hearings: 5:00 PM, January 22, 2019, Yarmouth Log Cabin, 196 Main Street, Yarmouth; 5:00 PM, January 23, 2019, Rockland Ferry Terminal, 517A Maine Street, Rockland; 5:00 PM, January 24, 2019, Ellsworth City Hall, 1 City Hall Plaza, Ellsworth; NOTE - If any hearing(s) listed above is postponed due to weather, an alternate hearing will be held 2:00 PM, January 25, 2019, , Marquardt Building, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta – Comment Deadline: February 4, 2019 (pdf file 470 kb)

2018

Posted December 19, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 115 Vibrio parahaemolyticus Control Plan – Public Hearing: 1:30 PM January 9, 2019, DMR Laboratory, West Boothbay Harbor, ME. (Snow date 1:30 PM January 10, 2019, DMR Laboratory, West Boothbay Harbor, ME) – Comment Deadline: January 21, 2019 (pdf file 318 kb)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 34.07 Atlantic Halibut Size Limit - Public Hearing: 3:00 PM January 9, 2019, DMR Laboratory, West Boothbay Harbor, ME. (Snow date 3:00 PM January 10, 2019, DMR Laboratory, West Boothbay Harbor, ME) - Comment Deadline: January 21, 2019 (pdf file, 186 kb)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 42 Striped Bass Method of Taking - Public Hearing: 2:00 PM January 9, 2019, DMR Laboratory, West Boothbay Harbor, ME. (Snow date 2:00 PM January 10, 2019, DMR Laboratory, West Boothbay Harbor, ME) - Comment Deadline: January 21, 2019 (pdf file, 259 kb)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 43 Bluefish Method of Taking - Public Hearing - 2:30 PM January 9, 2019, DMR Laboratory, West Boothbay Harbor, ME. (Snow date 2:30 PM January 10, 2019, DMR Laboratory, West Boothbay Harbor, ME) - Comment Deadline: January 21, 2019 (pdf file, 259 kb)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 8 Landings Program - Public Hearing: 1:00 PM January 9, 2019, DMR Laboratory, West Boothbay Harbor, ME. (Snow date 1:00 PM January 10, 2019, DMR Laboratory, West Boothbay Harbor, ME) - Comment Deadline: January 21, 2019 (pdf file, 192 kb)

Posted October 4, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal –25.04 Lobster Trawl Limits – Public Hearing Date: No hearings scheduled – Comment Deadline November 2, 2018 (pdf file 195 kb)

Posted September 19, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 10.05 Taking of Quahogs in the Sub-Tidal Waters of the New Meadows Lakes, Brunswick and West Bath – Public Hearing Date: October 10, 2018 – Comment Deadline October 20, 2018 (pdf file 338 kb)

Posted September 12, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 91 Scallop Spat – Public Hearing Dates: October 3, 4, 2018 – Comment Deadline: October 15, 2018 (pdf file, 299 kb)

Posted August 22, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 37 Freshwater Fish Regulations - Public Hearing Date: September 10, 2018 - Comment Deadline September 21, 2018 - pdf file, 34 kb
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 11 Scallops; 2018-19 Season - Public Hearing Date: September 10, 11, 12, 2018 - Comment Deadline September 24, 2018 - pdf file, 743 kb
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 110 Marine Harvesting Demonstration License - Public Hearing Date: September 10, 2018 - Comment Deadline September 21, 2018 - pdf file, 35 kb

Posted June 7, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 94 Sanitary Control of Molluscan Shellfish - Public Hearing Date: June 25, 2018 - Comment Deadline July 6, 2018 - pdf file, 321 kb
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 7 Requirements for Municipalities Having Shellfish Conservation Programs - Public Hearing Date, June 25, 2018 - Comment Deadline: July 6, 2018 - pdf file, 306 kb
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 14 Oysters - Public Hearing Date, June 25, 2018 - Comment Deadline: July 6, 2018 - pdf file, 204 kb

Posted May 16, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 34.07 Atlantic Halibut - Public Hearing Dates: June 5, 2018, June 6, 2018, June 7, 2018 - Comment Deadlne: June 18, 2018 - pdf file, 288 kb
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 26 Sea Urchins - Public Hearing Dates, June 5, 2018, June 6, 2018, June 7, 2018 - Comment Deadline: June 18, 2018 - pdf file, 464 kb

Posted May 2, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 25.04 Lobster Trawl Limits - Public Hearing Date: May 22, 2018 - Comment Deadlne: June 1, 2018 - pdf file, 209 kb

Posted April 25, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 25 Lobster Tail Weights - Public Hearing Date: May 16, 2018 - Comment Deadlne: May 29, 2018 - pdf file, 267 kb
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 24 Importation of Live Marine Organisms - Public Hearing Date: May 16, 2018 - Comment Deadlne: May 29, 2018 - pdf file, 437 kb
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 40 Smelt Regulations - Public Hearing Date: May 16, 2018 - Comment Deadlne: May 29, 2018 - pdf file, 260 kb

Posted January 8, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 41 Menhaden - Public Hearing Date: January 31, 2018 - Comment Deadlne: February 14, 2018 - pdf file, 270 kb

Posted January 3, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 2; Limited Purpose Aquaculture License Program – Public Hearing Dates: January 22, 24, 2018 - Comment Deadline: Febuary 5, 2018 - pdf file, 267kb

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