Public Laws

123rd Legislature

First Regular Session



Chapter 6

S.P. 48 - L.D. 140

An Act To List the Shortnose Sturgeon as a Marine Endangered Species

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6975, sub-§7,  as enacted by PL 2003, c. 573, §1, is amended to read:

7. Atlantic ridley turtle.   Atlantic ridley turtle, Lepidochelys kempii, endangered; and

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6975, sub-§8,  as enacted by PL 2003, c. 573, §1, is amended to read:

8. Loggerhead turtle.   Loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, threatened . ; and

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6975, sub-§9  is enacted to read:

9 Shortnose sturgeon.   Shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum, endangered.

Effective September 20, 2007

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