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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, § 6302: General exceptions, 1977

A person does not need a license or certificate to do the listed marine-organism activities, including personal possession or transport of lawfully acquired organisms, carriage by common carrier, and certain buying,…

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“A person does not need a license or certificate to do the listed marine-organism activities, including personal possession or transport of lawfully acquired organisms, carriage by common carrier, and certain buying, selling, shipping, transporting, or possession in hermetically sealed containers.”

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A person does not need a license or certificate to do the listed marine-organism activities, including personal possession or transport of lawfully acquired organisms, carriage by common carrier, and certain buying, selling, shipping, transporting, or…

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A person does not need a license or certificate to do the listed marine-organism activities, including personal possession or transport of lawfully acquired organisms, carriage by common carrier, and certain buying, selling, shipping, transporting, or possession in hermetically sealed containers.

Notwithstanding any licensing provision, a license or certificate is not required for a person to: [PL 1997, c. 544, §1 (AMD).] 1. Personal use. Possess or transport any marine organism that has been lawfully acquired and is for personal use. A receipt or bill of sale is required for lawful acquisition; [PL 1997, c. 544, §1 (AMD).] 2. Common carrier. Carry any marine organism by a common carrier; or [PL 2009, c. 523, §4 (AMD).] 3. Hermetically sealed containers. Buy, sell, ship or transport within or beyond the state limits or possess any marine organism that is in a hermetically sealed container. [PL 2009, c. 523, §5 (AMD).] 4. Retail sale of certain seafood products. [PL 2009, c. 523, §6 (RP).]
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