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An Act To Clarify the Public Ownership of Marine Organisms within the Intertidal Zone
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §3-A  is enacted to read:
§ 3-A.  Ownership of marine organisms in the intertidal zone
In addition to the living resources of the seas owned and controlled by the State under section 2, subsection 2-A, the State declares that it owns and controls the harvesting of seaweed, shellfish and other marine organisms on or under lands within the intertidal zone.
 
SUMMARY
This bill declares that the State owns and controls the harvesting of seaweed, shellfish and other marine organisms on or under lands within the intertidal zone.