C.M.R. 13, 188, ch. 55 - GEAR RESTRICTIONS

  1. § 188-55-01 - Definitions
  2. § 188-55-02 - Pound Net and Fish Weir Fishing Provisions
  3. § 188-55-03 - Special Area Closures to Fishing
  4. § 188-55-04 - Gillnet Bait Fishing Regulations
  5. § 188-55-05 - Use of purse, drag or stop seines in certain waters prohibited
  6. § 188-55-06 - Fish Passage Regulations
  7. § 188-55-07 - Seasonal Net Restriction
  8. § 188-55-08 - Method of mechanical harvest prohibited
  9. § 188-55-14 - Fishing in the Presumpscot River
  10. § 188-55-15 - Fishing in the Bagaduce River and its tributaries in Castine, Penobscot and Brooksville
  11. § 188-55-30 - Fishing in the Sheepscot River, Lincoln County
  12. § 188-55-35 - Use of draggers in Sheepscot Bay, Lincoln County
  13. § 188-55-40 - Fishing for cod and other ground fish in Sheepscot Bay, Lincoln County
  14. § 188-55-50 - Seining in Sasanoa River, Sagadahoc County
  15. § 188-55-55 - Fishing in Cathance and Abagadasset Rivers, Sagadahoc County
  16. § 188-55-56 - Fishing for Suckers in the Towns of Bowdoinham and Topsham
  17. § 188-55-59 - Penobscot River Tributaries Fishing Closures
  18. § 188-55-60 - Fishing in Narraguagus River, Washington County
  19. § 188-55-70 - Fishing in Dennys River, Washington County
  20. § 188-55-75 - York County; otter trawling in Spruce Creek
  21. § 188-55-80 - Fishing in Bond, Kennebec County
  22. § 188-55-85 - Fishing in the Damariscotta River
  23. § 188-55-93 - Fixed gill nets: Tending requirements: Kennebec/Androscoggin Rivers
  24. § 188-55-94 - Use of Gill Nets in the Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers
  25. § 188-55-95 - Fishing in Royal River, Yarmouth
  26. § 188-55-96 - Penobscot River Gear Restrictions
  27. § 188-55-97 - Fishing in the Kennebec River above the Gardiner/Randolph Bridge
  28. § 188-55-98 - Fishing in the Androscoggin River above the Route #201 Bridge between Brunswick and Topsham
  29. § 188-55-99 - Fishing in the Saco River above the Route 9/Main Street bridge between Saco and Biddeford

Notes

C.M.R. 13, 188, ch. 55
EFFECTIVE DATE:
October 10, 1979 - Section 79
AMENDED
May 23, 1981 - Recodification, added Section 2
May 27, 1983 - Section 15(C) (EMERGENCY)
November 7, 1983 - Section 85 (EMERGENCY)
December 7, 1983 - Section 86 (EMERGENCY)
April 20, 1984 - Section 56
April 22, 1984 - Section 15(C)
August 14, 1984 - Section 80
November 3, 1984 - Section 85
April 15, 1985 - Section 95
October 16, 1985 - Section 85
December 31, 1985 - Section 31
March 26, 1986 - Section 95
August 24, 1986 - Section 85 (REPEAL)
May 3, 1987 - Section 5(D)
June 26, 1987 - Section 96 (EMERGENCY)
July 21, 1987 - Section 96 (EMERGENCY)
April 3, 1988 - Section 96
April 25, 1988 - Section 97
April 25, 198 8 - Section 98
May 25, 1989 - Section 99 (EMERGENCY)
September 19, 1989 - Section 2 (Repeal)
July 26, 1993 - Section 94
July 26, 1993 - end of Section 3
July 26, 1993 - Section 14
October 24, 1993 - Section 32
July 14, 1995 - Section 80 (EMERGENCY)
May 14, 1996 - Section 85
August 19, 1996 - Section 80
August 20, 1996 - Section 93
May 12, 1997 - Section 85
August 31, 1997 - Section 59
July 1, 2000 - Section 58 (EMERGENCY)
September 23, 2000 - Section 58 (Major substantive provisional adoption)
July 14, 2001 - Section 58 (Major substantive [final] adoption)
November 25, 2001 - Section 25 (Repeal)
November 25, 2001 - Section 65 (Repeal)
November 25, 2001 - Section 70(B) (Repeal)
February 9, 2002 - Section 04 added
May 9, 2002 - Section 15(D) added (EMERGENCY - expires August 7, 2002)
June 24, 2002 - Section 15
December 17, 2003 - Section 04(C)
April 27, 2004 - Section 03
August 22, 2004 - Section 04(B)(1) added
March 11, 2005 - Section 61 added (EMERGENCY - expires June 9, 2005)
June 27, 2006 - Section 04(D) (expires December 31, 2007)
January 24, 2007 - Section 58
March 4, 2007 - Section 06(A)(B); 30
February 25, 2008 - Section 04(D)
July 20, 2009 - Section 90 (expired June 1, 2010)
December 21, 2009 - Sections 20; 60; and 97
June 21, 2010 - Section 90
September 20, 2010 - Section 90 (moved to Chapter 41.30)
October 26, 2010 - Sections 04 and 06
July 23, 201 2 - Sections 01; 03; 06; 10; 20; 45; 56; 60; 70; 85; 94; 95; 96; 98; 99
January 31, 2013--Section 07 added (EMERGENCY-expires May 2, 2013)
October 17, 2013-Sections 55.06(1)(D); 55.07 added; 55.08 added; 55.30 deleted; 55.58 removed; 55.59 amended
March 21, 2014-Section 07 amended (EMERGENCY-expires June 18, 2014)
November 14, 2017-section 55.30, 55.31, and 55.32
March 15, 2020-section 55.05
June 10, 2023 - section 55.99 (EMERGENCY - expires September 8, 2023)
August 13, 2023 - section 55.99
March 19, 2024 - Section 55.01 (new), 55.02 (new), 55.04, 55.05, 55.06
4/22/2025 - 55.01 - filing 2025-096

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