Sec. 13. 22 MRSA §2152, sub-§4-A, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 331, §1, is amended to read:

B. Fish and shellfish processing establishments inspected under Title 12, section 4682, 6101, 6102 or 6856;

SUMMARY

This bill makes changes to the shellfish harvesting statutes.

1. It changes the activities permitted under a commercial shellfish license to state that shellstock the license holder has taken may be sold only to a wholesale seafood license holder certified under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 6856. It also eliminates the ability of a shellfish license holder to shuck shellfish the holder has taken in the holder's home and sell those shucked shellfish from that home in the retail trade.

2. It corrects an inaccurate reference to the date when shellfish sanitation certificates expire.

3. It adds mahogany quahogs, other quahogs, hand-raked mussels and dragged mussels to the licenses under which the holder must tag shellstock with a harvester's tag. It eliminates the exemption of shellfish license holders certified under Title 12, section 6856 from having to tag their shellfish at the time of harvest.

4. It allows the Department of Marine Resources to make the summary description of municipal shellfish ordinances available to the public in ways other than publication in a trade or industry journal.

5. It changes the activities permitted under a mahogany quahog license to provide that quahogs the holder has taken may be sold only to a wholesale seafood license holder certified under Title 12, section 6856.