Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6505-A, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1997, c. 297, §2, is further amended to read:

5. Gear. A person issued a license under this section may utilize one elver fyke net, one Sheldon eel trap or one hand dip net to fish for or take elvers without paying the fee required for a first net or trap pursuant to section 6505-B. A license issued under this section must identify the number and types of nets that the license holder may use pursuant to this section and section 6505-B.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6505-B, as amended by PL 1997, c. 575, §2, is further amended by repealing and replacing the headnote to read:

§6505-B.__Elver gear and fees

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6505-B, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 297, §§3 and 4, is further amended to read:

1. Elver fyke net and Sheldon eel trap prohibition. It is unlawful for a person to submerge an elver fyke net or a Sheldon eel trap in the coastal waters of the State to fish for or take elvers unless the net or trap owner pays annually the following fees:.

A. Fifty dollars per net or trap for the use of a first or 2nd elver fyke net or Sheldon eel trap, except that the fee under this paragraph does not apply to an elver fyke or Sheldon eel trap a person utilizes pursuant to section 6505- A, subsection 5. For the purposes of assessing fees under this subsection, an elver fyke net or Sheldon eel trap utilized pursuant to section 6505-A, subsection 5 is the first net or trap;

B. One hundred dollars per net or trap for the use of a 3rd elver fyke net or Sheldon eel trap; and

C. Two hundred dollars per net or trap for the use of a 4th and 5th elver fyke net or Sheldon eel trap.

Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §6505-B, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1997, c. 575, §2, is repealed.

Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §6575, sub-§§2 and 3, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 536, Pt. A, §9 and affected by §13, are repealed.