12 M.R.S. §6807: Seaweed harvesting rules

(REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 12, SECTION 6805)

The commissioner may adopt rules regulating the harvest of seaweed on a species-specific basis, including, but not limited to, the total number of licenses that may be issued, the designation of a harvesting season or seasons, the quantity of the resource that may be harvested in a season, areas that may be open or closed to harvest, the designation of sectors, limitations on harvest by sector, establishment of a process for allocation to sectors and gear and techniques that may be used in harvesting. Rules establishing a process for the allocation to sectors under this section are major substantive rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A. All other rules adopted under this section are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.