13-188 C.M.R. ch. 55, § 94 - Use of Gill Nets in the Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers
It is unlawful to use a gill net in the Androscoggin River, Merrymeeting Bay and its tributaries, and the Kennebec River upstream of a line across the Kennebec River from Fort Popham in the Town of Phippsburg to a point opposite on the lower end of Georgetown.
Exceptions: The use of gill nets which do not exceed a maximum stretch mesh measure of 3 1/2 inches for the taking of menhaden, river herring, blueback herring, sea herring, and mackerel is exempted from this rule.
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