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An Act To Reduce the Spread of Invasive Aquatic Plants by Prohibiting Seine Fishing in Great Ponds
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  38 MRSA §410-N, sub-§4  is enacted to read:
 
4.  Seine fishing in great ponds.     If the department documents the occurrence of invasive aquatic plants in a great pond, fishing in the great pond using a seine is prohibited. For purposes of this subsection, "great pond" has the same meaning as in section 436-A, subsection 7 and "seine" has the same meaning as in Title 12, section 10001, subsection 55.
 
SUMMARY
This bill prohibits fishing using a seine in a great pond in which the Department of Environmental Protection has documented the occurrence of invasive aquatic plants.