D-1.__Two thousand forty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents for a nonresident Class III license;

E.__Fifty-six dollars for a resident apprentice lobster and crab fishing license for applicants under 18 years of age;

E-1.__Three hundred thirty-six dollars for a nonresident apprentice lobster and crab fishing license for applicants under 18 years of age;

F.__One hundred and fourteen dollars for a resident apprentice lobster and crab fishing license for applicants 18 years of age or older;

F-1.__Six hundred and eighty-two dollars and seventy-five cents for a nonresident apprentice lobster and crab fishing license for applicants 18 years of age or older;

G.__Fifty-six dollars for a student lobster and crab fishing license; and

H.__Fifty-six dollars for a noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6451, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 520, §6, is further amended to read:

1. Allocation of license fees. Ten dollars of each $113.75 fee, $10 of each $114 fee, $20 of each $228.50 fee, $30 of each $341.25 fee, $30 of each $336 fee, $60 of each $682.75 fee, $120 of each $1,371.50 fee, $180 of each $2,047.25 fee and $5 of each $56 fee for each lobster and crab fishing license must be allocated to the Lobster Fund, which must be used for the purposes of lobster biology research, of propagation of lobsters by liberating seed lobsters and female lobsters in Maine coastal waters and of establishing and supporting lobster hatcheries.

SUMMARY

This bill creates 4 new types of lobster licenses: nonresident Class I, nonresident Class II, nonresident Class III and nonresident apprentice. In order to become eligible to obtain a nonresident Class I, II or III license, an individual would have to meet the requirements of the apprenticeship program under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 6422 or section 6475.