{"data":{"id":"us-me/12-m.r.s.-6531","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"12 M.R.S. §6531","heading":"Licenses","body":"The commissioner may not issue a handfishing scallop license under section 6701 or a handfishing sea urchin license under section 6748 to any person for calendar year 1995 or later unless:\n1.  Completion of competency course.  That person successfully completes a commercial underwater handharvesting competency course offered under section 6532; or\n2.  Grandfathered.  The commissioner determines that that person meets the grandfather provisions of section 6534.","path":["TITLE 12: CONSERVATION","PART 9: MARINE RESOURCES","CHAPTER 621: FINFISH LICENSES","SUBCHAPTER 2: LIMITS ON FISHING AND PROHIBITED ACTS","ARTICLE 1-A: COMMERCIAL UNDERWATER HANDHARVESTING SAFETY"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/12/title12sec6531.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:25Z","sha256":"ab662cf962aec424c951eaf76414688cfd8793b29921f46456f87a8b7455301d","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/12-m.r.s.-6526","next":"us-me/12-m.r.s.-6532"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}