Maine § 6140. - Atlantic salmon license

(1) For a season license for a nonresident 16 years of age or older, $30;  

(2) For a 3-day license for a nonresident 16 years of age or older, $15. This license may not be exchanged for a season license; and  

(3) For a license for a nonresident under 16 years of age, $5.   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. QQ, §7 (NEW).]

C. Members of Indian tribes in this State and residents of this State under 16 years of age are exempt from any fee.   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. QQ, §7 (NEW).]

4.  Atlantic salmon; possession, buying or selling.  A person may not possess, buy or sell Atlantic salmon unless each fish is clearly identified by one of the following methods:

A. Tagged with a New Brunswick, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island or Newfoundland-Labrador Atlantic salmon tag if imported from those Canadian provinces;   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. QQ, §7 (NEW).]

B. Identified by a sales receipt less than 24 hours old;   [PL 2007, c. 615, §7 (AMD).]

C. For wholesale and retail seafood dealers, identified by a bill of sale indicating numbers of fish purchased, dates of purchase and point of origin of all fish purchased ; or   [PL 2007, c. 615, §7 (AMD).]

D. Tagged with a tag that conforms to rules adopted by the commissioner and identifies the fish as having been legally obtained from a private fee pond licensed pursuant to section 12508. Fish obtained in this manner may not be resold.   [PL 2007, c. 615, §7 (NEW).]

5.  Exceptions.  This section does not apply to a person holding a lease that allows that person to engage in the aquaculture of Atlantic salmon in this State while conducting authorized activities on that person's lease site.

6.  Agent's fee.  Any clerk or agent appointed by the department to issue an Atlantic salmon license shall retain $2 for each license issued.

7.  Use of license fees.  All license fees must be used by the commissioner for purposes of conservation and management of the Atlantic salmon in this State.

8.  Duplicates.  The department or its agents shall issue a duplicate license to any person whose license was accidentally lost or destroyed. The fee for a replacement license is $1.

9.  Fishing in inland waters.  When fishing in inland waters, the holder of a license authorized under this section is subject to all the provisions of Part 13.