C.__Three hundred and thirty-four dollars for a nonresident boat operator and all crew members.

8.__Disposition of fees.__All fees for commercial shrimp permits must be deposited in the Shrimp Management Fund established in section 6805.

§6805.__Shrimp Management Fund

1.__Fund established.__The Shrimp Management Fund, referred to in this section as the "fund," is established as a dedicated, nonlapsing fund within the department.

2.__Purposes of fund.__The commissioner shall use the fund in support of issues related to management of the shrimp fishery.

3.__Source of revenue.__In addition to the fees derived from the commercial shrimp permit, the fund may receive money from any source for the purposes described in subsection 2.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6851, as amended by PL 1997, c. 19, §§8 and 9, is further amended to read:

§6851. Wholesale seafood license; wholesale seafood license with

lobster permit; wholesale seafood license with urchin

permit; wholesale seafood license with shrimp permit

1. License required. It is unlawful for any person to engage in the activities authorized by this license under this section without a current wholesale seafood license or other license issued under this Part authorizing the activities.

2. License activities. The holder of a wholesale seafood license may, in the wholesale or retail trade:

A. Within or beyond the state limits, buy, sell, process, ship or transport any marine species or their parts, except lobsters and, sea urchins and shrimp;

B. Within or beyond the state limits, buy, sell, shuck, pack, ship or, within the state limits, transport fresh or frozen shellfish, except lobsters, to the extent these activities are expressly authorized by a shellfish certificate issued under section 6856; or

D. Buy, sell, process, ship or, within the state limits, transport crayfish.