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Department of Marine Resources Regulations (13 188)
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Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Watercraft Excise Tax Decal
- Chapter 2 Aquaculture Lease Regulations
- Chapter 3 Foreign Fish Processing within the State of Maine’s Internal Waters
- Chapter 4 Certification, Recertification, Revocation of Certification for Municipal Shellfish Conservation Warden
- Chapter 5 Confidentiality of Fisheries Statistics
- Chapter 6 Lobster Processing
- Chapter 7 Requirements for Municipalities Having Shellfish Conservation Programs
- Chapter 8 Landings Program
- Chapter 9 Harvester: Shellstock Harvesting, Handling and Sanitation
- Chapter 10 Clams and Quahogs
- Chapter 11 Scallops
- Chapter 12 Mussels
- Chapter 13 Whelks and Periwinkles
- Chapter 14 Oysters
- Chapter 22 Retail Shellfish
- Chapter 24 Importation of Live Marine Organisms
- Chapter 25 Lobster and Crab
The Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission — scroll down for Amendment 3 and all the subsequent Addenda - Chapter 26 Sea Urchin
- Chapter 27 Sea Cucumber
- Chapter 28 Marine Worms
- Chapter 29 Seaweed
- Chapter 30 River Herring
- Chapter 31 Horseshoe Crabs
- Chapter 32 Eels and Elvers
- Chapter 34 Groundfish
- Chapter 36 Herring
- Chapter 37 Freshwater Fish Regulations
- Chapter 39 Sturgeon
- Chapter 40 Smelts
- Chapter 41 Menhaden
- Chapter 42 Striped Bass
- Chapter 43 Bluefish
- Chapter 44 American Shad
- Chapter 45 Shrimp
- Chapter 49 Shellfish Bait Regulations
- Chapter 50 Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Sharks
- Chapter 51 Black Sea Bass
- Chapter 55 Gear Restrictions
- Chapter 60 Resource Management Plan
- 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)
- Chapter 65 Burnt Island, Living Lighthouse and facilities
- Chapter 70 Cable Area Prohibitions
- Chapter 75 Protected Resources
- Chapter 80 Commercial Pelagic and Anadromous Fishing License
- Chapter 85 Saltwater Fishing Registry
- Chapter 90 Conservation Areas
- Chapter 91 Spat Collection
- Chapter 94 Sanitary Control of Molluscan Shellfish
- Chapter 95 Closed Areas – Pollution
- Chapter 96 Closed Areas – Marine Biotoxins
- Chapter 105 Safety Regulations
- Chapter 110 Marine Harvesting Demonstration License
- Chapter 115 Vibrio parahaemolyticus Control Plan
More Info & Help
- All chapter links are small (less than 500 kb except where indicated) PDF files, which may require Adobe Reader software (download here free) to view or print. If you require an alternate format, please contact Amanda Ellis.
- If you have any questions concerning these regulations please contact the Dept. of Marine Resources at 207-624-6550, your nearest Marine Patrol office or officer, or the Secretary of State Division of Rules, Commissions and Admin., APA Office.