An Act To Protect Native Landlocked Salmon Fisheries in Schoodic and Seboeis Lakes from Invasive Fish Species
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §12760, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2011, c. 24, §1, is further amended to read:
The commissioner may not require or authorize a fishway or fish bypass structure at a dam on the outlet of Sebec Lake in the Town of Sebec or at a dam on the Sebec River in the Town of Milo , at a dam on the outlet of Schoodic Lake in Lake View Plantation or at a dam on Schoodic Stream in the Town of Medford or at a dam on the outlet of Seboeis Lake or at a dam on the west branch of Seboeis Stream in the Town of Howland that would allow the upstream passage of an invasive fish species known to be present downstream in the Piscataquis River or Penobscot River drainage. For the purposes of this section, “invasive fish species” means those invasive fish species identified in the action plan for managing invasive aquatic species developed pursuant to Title 38, section 1872.
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §12760, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 24, §2, is amended to read:
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This bill prohibits the construction of a fishway or fish bypass structure at the dams at the outlets of Schoodic Lake and Seboeis Lake that would allow the upstream passage of an invasive fish species known to be present downstream in the Piscataquis River or Penobscot River drainage.