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zone as their declared lobster zone in the previous | | calendar year, and the number of new zone entrants | | authorized under subsection 7. An exit ratio established | | by rule under this subsection is not required to be the | | same as the exit ratio proposed by the lobster management | | policy council. Rules adopted under this subsection may | | exempt from the requirements of this section an individual | | who became eligible for but who had not been issued a Class | I, Class II or | | to section 6421, subsection 5, paragraph C or H prior to | | January 1, 2000 and allow such an individual to declare the | | zone as that individual's declared lobster zone. |
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| | | Sec. 11. 12 MRSA §6448, sub-§§3 and 4, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 508, | | §3, are amended to read: |
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| | | 3. Fishing in limited-entry zones. A person who holds a | Class I, Class II or | | crab fishing license may not fish a majority of that person's | | lobster traps in a limited-entry zone unless that person's | | license identifies that zone as the declared lobster zone. |
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| | | 4. Limited-entry zone as declared lobster zone. A person may | not be issued a Class I, Class II or | | noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license that identifies | | a limited-entry zone as the declared lobster zone unless that | | person: |
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| | | A. Held in the previous licensing year a Class I, Class II | or | | license that identified that zone as the person's declared | | lobster zone; or |
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| | | B. Is authorized as a new zone entrant by the commissioner | | pursuant to subsection 7 to declare that zone as the | | person's declared lobster zone. |
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| | | Sec. 12. 12 MRSA §6448, sub-§5, ¶¶A and B, as enacted by PL 1999, c. | | 693, §2, are amended to read: |
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| | A. A person who held a Class I, Class II or | | noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license in the | | previous licensing year and wishes to be a new zone | | entrant shall indicate to the commissioner in writing a | | request to declare a limited-entry zone as the person's | | declared lobster zone. The person must be put on a | | waiting list maintained under subsection 6 according to | | the time and date the commissioner receives the request. |
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| | B. A person who did not hold a Class I, Class II or | | III or noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license in the |
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