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ME · LD851INTRO · 5 COSPONSORS

An Act to Establish a Senior Retiree Lobster License

Also relevant to:Senior (65+, Medicare/SS)
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This bill establishes a new senior retiree lobster and crab fishing license in Maine. To qualify, a person must be 65 or older, a Maine resident for at least 10 years, and have held a commercial lobster license for three consecutive years. This license allows fishing for lobster and crab with a limit of 100 traps, which can only be set between May 1st and December 1st, and costs $60.

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