Department of Marine Resources Regulations (13 188)

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WARNING: While we have taken care with the accuracy of the files accessible here, they are not "official" state rules in the sense that they can be used before a court. Anyone who needs a certified copy of a rule chapter should contact the APA Office. Anyone who needs additional administrative information about a chapter should check the Secretary of State's website; be advised that those chapters may not be up-to-date.

NOTE: Effective August 21, 2018: Chapters 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 23 were repealed and replaced with a single chapter (94), which adopted the National Shellfish Sanitation Program Model Ordinance (NSSP MO) by reference.

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
  Appendices from the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster:
  • Amendment 3 (396 KB)
  • Amendment 3 Addendum I (548 KB)
  • Amendment 3 Addendum II (32 KB)
  • Amendment 3 Addendum III (53 KB)
  • Amendment 3 Addendum III Technical Addendum #1 (981 KB)
  • Amendment 3 Addendum IV (492 KB)
• 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
  • Map of Taunton Bay Management Area with Sensitve Areas (jpg file, 342 kb)
  Chapter 94 - Sanitary Control of Molluscan Shellfish
• Chapter 95  Closed Pollution Areas
• Chapter 96  Closed Areas – Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
• Chapter 100 Grievance Procedures for the Handicapped
• Chapter 105 Safety Regulations
• Chapter 110 Marine Harvesting Demonstration License
• Chapter 115 Vibrio parahaemolyticus Contol Plan