Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 2020
Committee Amendment CA_A_H847 (House)
Amends: 12 MRSA §6505-A, 12 MRSA §6575-B, 12 MRSA §6864

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1421, L.D. 
Relating to Elver Fish~ng" 
2020, Bill, "An 
Amend the bill in the emergency preamble by striking out all 
of the 2nd paragraph (page 1, lines 3 to 5 in L.D.) and inserting 
in its place the following: 
. Whereas~ the management of the American eel population in 
Maine is dependent on elver dealers reporting harvest data to the 
Department of Marine Resources in a timely manner; and 
Whereas~ this legislation must be enacted prior to the end 
of the elver fishing season on May 31st to ensure the Department 
of Marine Resources receives harvest data in time to use that 
information for developing a long-term conservation plan for the 
American eel; and' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
enacting clause and before the emergency clause and inserting in 
its place the following: 
. Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6505-A, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 
534, §l, is further amended to read: 
2. 
Eligibility. 
An elver fishing license may be issued 
only to an individual who: 
C. 
Possessed an elver fishing license in the previous 
calendar yearf-eri 
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Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6505-A, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 
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Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6575-B, sub-§2-B, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 
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elver fishing gear other than the types and amounts of gear 
the person was authorized to immerse during the previous 
elver fishing season, except that a person may surrender the 
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Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §6864, sub-§8 is enacted to read: 
8. Reporting. 
A dealer licensed under this section shall 
report the total annual harvest of elvers received by that dealer 
to the department within 30 days after the end of the elver 
fishing season. 
The commissioner shall prescribe how that data 
and any other information necessary for a meaningful analysis of 
the elver harvest are reported to the department.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the ,majority report and provides that only 
those who held an elver fishing license in 2006 are eligible to 
obtain an elver fishing license in subsequent years. 
It also 
requires an elver dealer to report the total harvest of elvers 
received by that dealer annually to the Department of Marine 
Resources within 
days of the close of the elver fishing 
season. 
This amendment also amends the emergency preamble to 
better reflect the provisions of the amendment. 
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