| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6001, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 661, §5, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | 6. Coastal waters. "Coastal waters" means all waters of the | State within the rise and fall of the tide and within the marine | limits of the jurisdiction of the State out to the limits of the | | exclusive economic zone as shown on the most recently published | | Federal Government nautical chart, but it does not include areas | | above any fishway or dam when the fishway or dam is the dividing | | line between tidewater and fresh water. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6001, sub-§48-B is enacted to read: |
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| | | 48-B.__Territorial waters.__"Territorial waters" means all | | waters of the State within the rise and fall of the tide seaward | | to the 3-nautical-mile line as shown on the most recently | | published Federal Government nautical chart, but does not include | | areas above any fishway or dam when that fishway or dam is the | | dividing line between tidewater and fresh water. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6439, as amended by PL 1985, c. 268, §5, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | §6439. Areas of limited lobster fishing |
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| | | It shall be is unlawful to have on any trawl more than 3 | lobster traps in any of the coastal waters in the following | | areas: |
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| | | 1. West of Cape Elizabeth and east of Kittery. Westerly of a | | line drawn from the active lighthouse at Two Lights in Cape | Elizabeth to through the Hue and Cry Buoy and, continuing in a | | straight line, to the point of intersection with the 3-nautical- | | mile line, and northerly and easterly of a line running between | | the Kitts Rocks Whistle Buoy and the West Sister Buoy and | | extending westerly to the New Hampshire border, and from the West | | Sister Buoy to the Murray Rock Buoy and thence to and through the | | lighthouse on Boone Island and, continuing in a straight line, to | the boundary of the coastal waters within the jurisdiction of | this State point of intersection with the 3-nautical-mile line; |
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| | | 2. Between Pemaquid and Robinson's Points. Between the | | following lines: |
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| | | A. Beginning at a point 48 miles true north of the lighthouse on | | Pemaquid Point, Lincoln County; thence true south through the | lighthouse to a point where that line intersects the | southeasterly boundary of the coastal waters |
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