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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1353H.P. 876 House of Representatives, April 1, 2025
An Act Regarding Required Landings in the Menhaden Fishery
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 28, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Marine Resources pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor.
Cosponsored by Senator MOORE of Washington and
Representatives: FARRIN of Jefferson, GOLEK of Harpswell, RIELLY of Westbrook,
THORNE of Carmel. Page 1 - 132LR0728(01)
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2 as enacted by PL 2021, c. 670, ยง2, is
3 amended to read:
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5 otherwise provided in subsection 1-E, the commissioner may not issue a resident
6 commercial menhaden fishing license or a nonresident commercial menhaden fishing
7 license to an individual in any year subsequent to 2023 unless that individual possessed
8 that license in the previous calendar year.
9 is enacted to read:
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11 subsection 1-B, the commissioner may issue a 2026 resident commercial menhaden fishing
12 license or a 2026 nonresident commercial menhaden fishing license to an individual if that
13 individual:
14 A. Meets the requirements of subsection 1-A, paragraph A; and
15 B. According to department records, reported legal landings of menhaden of 20,000
16 pounds or more in at least one of the following 4 years, 2019, 2020, 2021 or 2022.
17 Documentation, acceptable to the department, showing that the landing requirement in
18 this paragraph has been met must be submitted to the department by January 1, 2026.
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20 This bill authorizes the Commissioner of Marine Resources to issue a 2026 resident
21 commercial menhaden fishing license or a 2026 nonresident commercial menhaden fishing
22 license to an individual if that individual reported legal landings of menhaden of 20,000
23 pounds or more in at least one of the following years, 2019, 2020, 2021 or 2022. The
24 individual must also have possessed a license to fish commercially for menhaden in at least
25 2 of the following years, 2019, 2020, 2021 or 2022.
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