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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 336H.P. 236House of Representatives, February 3, 2025
An Act to Change the Waiting List System for Commercial Lobster
and Crab Fishing Licenses
Received by the Clerk of the House on January 30, 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 BAGSHAW of Windham.
Cosponsored by Representatives: FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor, GERE of
Kennebunkport, GIFFORD of Lincoln, LYMAN of Livermore Falls, THORNE of Carmel. Page 1 - 132LR0689(01)
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2 as repealed and replaced by PL 2015, c. 428, ยง6,
3 is amended by amending the first blocked paragraph to read:
4 The commissioner shall create a waiting list for a zone at the time the commissioner closes
5 the zone pursuant to subsection 2, paragraph D. Notwithstanding any provision of law to
6 the contrary, the exit ratio for any waiting list established by the commissioner pursuant to
7 this subsection is one to one.
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9 This bill establishes that, notwithstanding any provision of law or rule to the contrary,
10 the exit ratio for lobster and crab fishing licenses within limited-entry zones is one to one.
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