Sec. 1. 12 MRSA c. 420, as amended, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6103, as amended by PL 1991, c. 784, §4, is further amended to read:

§6103. Implementation of fishery product or shellfish

inspection programs

The Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources and the Commissioner of Marine Resources shall cooperate in developing and implementing any fishery product or shellfish inspection programs, including any national seafood inspection program developed and administered under chapter 420. Those programs must meet the standards established by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources under the Maine Food Law.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6301, sub-§2, ¶D, as amended by PL 1995, c. 492, §2, if further amended to read:

D. A shellfish sanitation certificate issued under section 6856 expires on April 30th May 31st of each year;

Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §6601, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. WW, §11, is further amended to read:

§6601. Commercial shellfish license

1. License required. A person may not engage in the activities authorized under this section without a current commercial shellfish license or other license issued under this Part authorizing the activities.

2. Licensed activities. The holder of a commercial shellfish license may fish for or, take shellfish or, possess, ship or transport shellfish within the state limits or sell shellstock the holder has taken to a wholesale seafood license holder certified under section 6856. The holder may also shuck, in the holder's home, shellfish the holder has taken and sell those shucked shellfish from that home in the retail trade. This license does not authorize the holder to fish for or take shellfish in violation of a municipal ordinance adopted pursuant to section 6671.

3. Eligibility. A commercial shellfish license may be issued only to an individual who is a resident.

4. Personal use exception. Any A person may take or possess no more than 1/2 bushel of shellfish shellstock or 3