Code of Maine Rules › 09 - DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE › 137 - DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE - GENERAL › Chapter 24 - LICENSED GUIDES › Section 137-24-05 - Classification of Guides

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Guides shall be licensed in one or more specialized
				  classifications.
A. Specialized
				classification means that a person has met the qualifications to guide one or
				more specific types of activities as follows and allows that person holding a
				Specialized Fishing, Hunting, Sea Kayaking, Recreational or Tide-water Fishing
				license to conduct overnight camping trips while engaged in activities specific
				to that person's specialized classification:
1. Specialized Hunting classification means
				that a person has met the qualifications to guide hunting and trapping
				activities, including overnight camping trips in conjunction with those hunting
				and trapping activities. Beginning January 1, 2021, a person who has met the
				application qualifications to take the Specialized Hunting classification exam
				may choose to take a combined exam and purchase the Specialized Recreational
				classification endorsement.
2.
				Specialized Fishing classification means that a person has met the
				qualifications to guide fishing activities
,
including
				overnight camping trips in conjunction with those fishing activities on inland
				waters. Beginning January 1, 2021, a person who has met the application
				qualifications for the Specialized Fishing classification exam may choose to
				take a combined exam and purchase the Specialized Recreational classification
				endorsement.
3. Specialized
				Recreational classification means that a person has met the qualifications to
				guide watercraft, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiling and camping activities.
				This classification also qualifies a person to guide watercraft including
				paddle sports on inland waters as defined in 24.02 (B). A person wishing to
				guide paddlesports on the ocean as defined within this Chapter must have a
				current Specialized Sea-Kayaking classification.
4. Specialized Sea-Kayaking classification
				means that a person has met the qualifications to guide sea-kayaking activities
				to include paddlesports on the State's territorial seas and tributaries of the
				State up to the head of tide and out to the three-mile limit.
Beginning on March 31, 2015 a person wishing to guide
				  paddlesports on the ocean as defined within this Chapter must have a current
				  Specialized Sea-Kayaking classification.
5. Specialized Tide-Water Fishing
				classification means that a person has met the qualifications to guide sport
				fishing activities on the State's territorial waters as defined within section
				24.02 E. of this rule and tributaries of the State up to the head of tide and
				out to the three-mile limit. This license shall apply to any person engaged in
				guiding fishing activity for any species of fish, except those species
				harvested under the authority of a Department of Marine Resources license. This
				rule does not apply to activity occurring on board a vessel holding a valid and
				current certificate of inspection issued by the United States Coast Guard.
NOTE/U.S. COAST GUARD LICENSE
: Any person
				  operating a motorboat on the State's Territorial Seas and Tributaries for the
				  purpose of guiding hunting and fishing activities must obtain a U.S. Coast
				  Guard License authorizing the carriage of passengers for hire.