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An Act To Make Marine Resources Management More Responsive
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6171, sub-§5,  as amended by PL 2007, c. 157, §1, is further amended to read:
 
5. Rules to limit taking of marine organisms.   The commissioner may adopt rules that limit the taking of a marine organism for the purpose of protecting another marine organism. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are major substantive rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A, except that rules adopted regarding the resource management plan of Taunton Bay are routine technical rules pursuant toas defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
 
SUMMARY
This bill changes all the rules that are adopted to limit the taking of a marine organism for the purpose of protecting another marine organism from major substantive rules to routine technical rules in order to allow the Department of Marine Resources to respond more effectively to fisheries management needs.