{"data":{"id":"us-me/13-m.r.s.-2002","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"13 M.R.S. §2002","heading":"Purposes","body":"This chapter is enacted in order to promote, foster and encourage the intelligent and orderly marketing of fish and fishery products through cooperation; to eliminate speculation and waste; to make the distribution of fish and fishery products between producer and consumer as direct as can be efficiently done; and to stabilize the marketing of fish and fishery products.","path":["TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS","PART 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL","CHAPTER 87: FISH MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS","SUBCHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/13/title13sec2002.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:27Z","sha256":"5be28b13ca891cad1c8e142d61f55c54889b2471237ce655454021abd57198a5","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/13-m.r.s.-2001","next":"us-me/13-m.r.s.-2003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}