Department of Marine Resources Regulations

Please select the Chapter number below to see the text of the regulation.

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.

Non-Discrimination Policy and Grievance Procedure: DMR adheres to the State of Maine's policies and procedures, which are codified in Chapter 50 of the Department of Labor's regulations.

Chapter 1 (Word) Watercraft Excise Tax Decal
Chapter 2 (Word) Aquaculture Regulations
Chapter 3 (Word) Foreign Fish Processing within the State of Maine's Internal Waters
Chapter 4 (Word) Certification, Recertification, Revocation of Certification for Municipal Shellfish Conservation Warden
Chapter 5 (Word) Confidentiality of Fisheries Statistics
Chapter 6 (Word) Lobster Processing
Chapter 7 (Word) Requirements for Municipalities Having Shellfish Conservation Programs
Chapter 8 (Word) Landings Program
Chapter 9 (Word) Harvester: Shellstock Harvesting, Handling and Sanitation
Chapter 10 (Word) Clams and Quahogs
Chapter 11 (Word) Scallops
Chapter 12 (Word) Mussels
Chapter 13 (Word) Whelks and Periwinkles
Chapter 14 (Word) Oysters
Chapter 22 (Word) Retail Shellfish
Chapter 24 (Word) Importation of Live Marine Organisms
Chapter 25 (Word) 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 (PDF)
Chapter 26 (Word) Sea Urchin
Chapter 27 (Word) Sea Cucumber
Chapter 28 (Word) Marine Worms
Chapter 29 (Word) Seaweed
Chapter 30 (Word) River Herring
Chapter 31 (Word) Horseshoe Crabs
Chapter 32 (Word) Eels and Elvers
Chapter 34 (Word) Groundfish
Chapter 36 (Word) Herring
Chapter 37 (Word) Freshwater Fish Regulations
Chapter 39 (Word) Sturgeon
Chapter 40 (Word) Smelts
Chapter 41 (Word) Menhaden
Chapter 42 (Word) Striped Bass
Chapter 43 (Word) Bluefish
Chapter 44 (Word) American Shad
Chapter 45 (Word) Shrimp
Chapter 49 (PDF) Shellfish Bait Regulations
Chapter 50 (Word) Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Sharks
Chapter 51 (Word) Black Sea Bass
Chapter 52 (Word) Atlantic Mackerel
Chapter 55 (Word) Gear Restrictions
Chapter 60 (Word) Resource Management Plan
- Lower Kennebec River Anadromous Fish Restoration Plan and Inland Fisheries Management Overview: Cover Page (PDF file, 154 KB)
- Strategic Plan and Operational Plan for the Restoration of Shad and Alewives to the Kennebec River Above Augusta: Foreword (PDF file, 421 KB)
- The Strategic Plan for the Restoration of Shad and Alewives to the Kennebec River Above Augusta (PDF file, 2.8 MB)
- Operational Plan for the Restoration of Shad and Alewives to the Kennebec River (PDF file, 3.9 MB)
- Atlantic Salmon Management in the Kennebec River (PDF file, 2 MB)
- Sandy River Brown Trout Management Plan (PDF, 211 KB))
  - Amendment One to the Saco River Strategic Plan for Fisheries Management (PDF file, 884 KB)
Chapter 65 (Word) Burnt Island, Living Lighthouse and facilities
Chapter 70 (Word) Cable Area Prohibitions
Chapter 75 (Word) Protected Resources
Chapter 80 (Word) Commercial Pelagic and Anadromous Fishing License
Chapter 85 (Word) Saltwater Fishing Registry
Chapter 90 (Word) Conservation Areas
- Map of Taunton Bay Management Area with Sensitive Areas (JPG)
Chapter 91 (Word) Spat Collection
Chapter 94 (Word) Sanitary Control of Molluscan Shellfish
Chapter 95 Closed Areas - Pollution
Chapter 96 Closed Areas - Marine Biotoxins
Chapter 105 (Word) Safety Regulations
Chapter 110 (Word) Marine Harvesting Demonstration License
Chapter 115 (PDF) Vibrio Control Plan

Maine Department of Marine Resources

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