An Act To Amend Cetiain Provisions of Fish and Wildlife Laws
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1650
Committee Amendment CA_A_S388 (Senate)
Amends: 12 MRSA §12001, 12 MRSA §12051, 12 MRSA §12457

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 615, L.D. 1650, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend Cetiain Provisions of Fish and Wildlife Laws" 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 3 the following: 
'Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §12001, sub-§l, as amended by PL 2009, c. 46, §I, is futiher 
amended to read: 
1. Open night hunting season. Notwithstanding the night hunting prohibitions in 
section 11206-A, there is an open season for hunting coyotes at night in all counties of 
the State from December 16th to June 1st August 31st. 
Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §12051, sub-§l, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and 
affected by c. 614, §9, is amimded toread: 
1. Open traiuing season. Unless otherwise provided in this Part, a person may not 
train dogs on wild birds and wild animals except as follows. 
A. A person may train dogs on foxes, rabbits and raccoons from July 1st through the 
following March 31 st, including Sundays. 
B. A person may train spotiing dogs on wild birds at any time, including Sundays. 
C. A resident may train up to -4- Q dogs at anyone time on bear from August July 1st 
to the first day of the open season on hunting bear, except in those portions of 
Washington County and Hancock County that are situated south of Route 9. 
A person may not engage in activities authorized under this subsection unless that Rerson 
possesses a valid hunting license issued under section 11109. 
A person who violates this subsection commits a Class E crime. 
Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §12457, sub-§l, ~A, as amended by PL 2005, c. 477, §15, is 
futiher amended to read: 
A. The area within 150 feet of any operational fishway, except: 
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(1) At the following places, the fishway and the area within 75 feet of any part of 
the fishway are closed to fishing at all times: 
(a) Grand Falls Powerhouse Dam on the St. Croix River in Baileyville; and 
(b) Woodland Dam on the St. Croix River in Baileyville; 
(2) At the following places, the area within the fishway and within 75 feet of the 
downstream mouth of the fishway is closed to fishing at all times: 
(a) East Grand Lake Dam in Forest City Township, T9 R4 NBPP, except 
that fishing upstream from the dam at the top of the fishway is lawful; 
(2-A) 
At the following· places, the area within 75 feet of the mouth of the 
fishway is closed to fishing at all times: 
(a) Spednic Lake Dam in Vanceboro; 
(3) At the so-called ice control dam on the Narraguagus River in the Town of 
Cherryfield, the area within 100 feet of the dam must be closed to fish ing at all 
times; 
(4) At East Outlet Dam in Sapling Township, TIR7, in Somerset County and in 
Big Moose Township, T2R6, in Piscataquis County at the outlet of Moosehead 
Lake, the fishway and the area within 50 feet of any part of the fishway must be 
closed to fishing at all times; and 
(5) There is no fishing in or from the fishway at the Sheepscot Lake Dam in the 
Town of Palenno in Waldo County, Chain of Ponds Dam in Chain of Ponds 
Township in Franklin County or Long Pond Dam in Seven Ponds Township in 
Franklin CountY;' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment changes the current night hunting season on coyotes, which runs 
from December 16th to June 1st, to December 16th to August 31st. 
It also makes 
penn anent a temporary provision of law that allows a person to train up to 6 dogs at a 
time on bear, expands the time such trainings can occur by one month and requires a 
person training dogs on wildlife to have a valid hunting license. The amendment also 
prohibits fishing from the fishways at the Chain of Ponds Dam in Chain of Ponds 
Township in Franklin County and Long Pond Dam in Seven Ponds Township in Franklin 
County. 
FTSCAL :\OTE REQLIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 02/12/10 ;::k?ac 
LD 1650 
LR 2408(02) 
An Act To Amend Certain Provisions of Fish and Wildlife Laws 
Fiscal Note for BiII as Amended by Committee Amendment 'A" 
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
No net fiscal impact 
COlTectional and Judicial Impact Statements 
Increases and decreases Class E crimes, 
No net impact on General Fund fine revenue, 
LR2408(02) - Fiscal Note - Page I of I