Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
A.
Green
Crabs
(repealed)
B.
Sea Cucumber
(previously Chapter 27.03(F))
Each holder of a sea cucumber endorsement is required to
report fishing activity and landings on forms supplied by the Department.
Reporting is required on a daily basis and must be mailed to the Department
weekly. No fishing activity will be reported as "did not fish" on the forms.
The reports must include the following information:
1. Location or locations of fishing activity
by longitude and latitude
2.
Date(s) fished
3. Time at
sea
4. Time fished
5. Catch in pounds or totes
6. Number of tows
7. Port of landings
8. Name of buyer and date of sale
9. Price in pounds or totes
10. Approximate depth(s) where fishing
occurred
11. Length of tows in
minutes
C.
Seaweed
(previously Chapter 29.10)
Each seaweed harvester required to be licensed under 12
M.R.S. § 6803 must report harvesting activity for all seaweed species on
forms supplied by the Department. Records must be kept on a daily basis, and
the report must be mailed to the Department monthly. Reports for each month's
activity shall be mailed to the Department within 10 days of the end of the
month. The report must include the following information for each day that
harvesting occurs:
1. Name, permit
number and phone number of licensed harvester;
2. Date(s) harvested;
3. Harvest area (sector # - where
applicable), bay, cove, river, ledge and or island);
4. County and town (use town codes provided,
per instructions);
5. Harvesting
methods (hand, knife, rake, mechanical, diver);
6. Total harvest time (number of
hours);
7. Seaweed species;
and
8. Pounds landed
(wet).
D.
Horseshoe
Crabs
(previously Chapter 31.05(A))
Holders of a horseshoe crab permit must report annually by
November 1 to the Department on the total number of horseshoe crabs harvested,
along with such other information as the Commissioner deems necessary for the
conservation and management of the horseshoe crab resource.
E.
Eel Harvest
(previously Chapter 32.04)
Any person holding an eel harvesting license is required to
report fishing activity and landings on forms supplied by the Department.
Reporting is required on a daily basis and must be mailed to the Department
monthly. No fishing activity will be reported as "did not fish" on the forms.
The reports must include the following information:
1. Harvester name, year of harvest, license
number, and phone number;
2.
Date(s) harvested;
3. Gear type and
quantity;
4. Set time
(hours);
5. Species;
6. Total weight (pounds or kilograms) of
harvested eels for the set time;
7.
Disposition of catch (food or bait);
8. Port landed;
9. Dealer sold to; and
10. Area fished (river; embayment; offshore
bycatch).
The data will be summarized by the Department and will be
made available on request to the public 45 days after the receipt of the data
forms in accordance with the confidentiality provision of 12 M.R.S.§ 6173.
F.
Atlantic
halibut
(previously in Chapter 34.10(1)(B)(4)(b)(vi))
Persons who are authorized to commercially fish for Atlantic
halibut in the territorial waters of Maine will be required to submit trip
level catch reports on a weekly basis during the halibut season for landings
from Maine's territorial waters. If no halibut landings occurred during the
week, a negative catch report is required. The reporting week begins on Sunday
at 0001 hrs. (12:01 a.m.) local time and ends Saturday at 2400 hrs. (12:00
midnight). Reports must be submitted by midnight Monday, two days after the end
of each reporting week, including the week following the last day of the
season. Harvesters shall submit catch reports to DMR through an approved
electronic reporting mechanism. The catch report must include the following
information:
1. Harvester name &
landings number
2. Boat name and
hull ID
3. Designate negative
report period if no harvesting activity occurred
4. Date fished & landed
5. Number of crew (including
captain)
6. Gear type and quantity
7. Number of sets
8. Set time (hours gear fished)
8-A. Total number of hooks fished
9. Depth (in fathoms)
10. Area fished
11. Sea time (including steaming
time)
12. Species caught including
bycatch and sub-legal halibut, quantity & unit of measurement
13. Total length of halibut retained or
released
14. Research tag number of
halibut released or recaptured
15.
Landings number of dealer sold to or if not sold to a licensed dealer,
disposition of catch
16. Port
landed
17. Signature written or
electronic
I.
Shrimp
(previously Chapter 45.24)
All Maine licensed shrimp harvesters must report daily
fishing information for shrimp that are landed in Maine, to the Department,
according to written instructions on forms provided by the Department. Fishing
vessel trip reports must include the following information:
1. vessel name;
2. vessel state registration number (or
United States Coast Guard Documentation Number);
3. vessel permit number;
4. date/time sailed;
5. trip type;
6. number of crew;
7. gear fished;
8. mesh size;
9. quantity and size of gear;
10. chart area fished;
11. average depth;
12. latitude/longitude;
13. total hauls per area fished;
14. average tow/soak time;
15. pounds by species of all species landed
or discarded;
16. dealer permit
number;
17. dealer name;
18. date sold;
19. port and state landed;
20. date/time landed;
21. vessel operator's name;
22. signature;
23. shrimp license number; and
24. any other information or instructions
deemed necessary.
J.
Shellfish Bait Permit
(previously in Chapter 49)
All shellfish bait permit holders are required to provide
the Department the following information on forms supplied by the
Department:
1. Daily record of
sales;
2. Record of closed areas
fished;
3. Ports landed;
and
4. Daily record of clams
harvested by shucked weight.
L.
Elver
Harvest
Any person holding an elver harvesting license is required to
report fishing activity and landings on forms supplied by the Department.
Reporting is required on a daily basis and must be mailed to the Department
monthly. No fishing activity will be reported as "did not fish" on the forms.
The reports must include the following information:
1. Harvester name, year of harvest, license
number, and phone number;
2.
Date(s) harvested;
3. Gear type and
quantity;
4. Set time
(hours);
5. Species;
6. Total weight (pounds or kilograms) of
harvested eels for the set time;
7.
Port landed;
8. Dealer sold to;
and
9. Area fished (river;
embayment; offshore bycatch).
M.
Menhaden Harvest
Any person that holds a commercial menhaden fishing license
under 12 M.R.S. § 6502-C must submit daily catch reports during the state
and episodic fisheries; and, weekly catch reports during the small scale
fishery. Catches from fixed gear must be included in these reports. Any person
that holds more than one commercial menhaden fishing license must report for
each license they hold. Any person that holds a noncommercial menhaden fishing
license under 12 M.R.S. § 6502-C must submit daily catch reports weekly.
Reports are required even if the menhaden caught during the week have not been
landed. The report shall include the following data elements:
1. Harvester name (as it appears on the
harvesting license) and landings number
2. Boat name and state vessel registration
number or Coast Guard number (if a boat was used)
3. Designate negative report period if no
harvesting activity occurred
4.
Date fished & landed
5. Number
of crew (including captain)
6. Gear
type and quantity
7. Number of
sets/tows
8. Set time (the average
time your gear fished)
9. Average
depth
10. Latitude and longitude
11. Sea time (including
travel)
12. Pounds by species of
all species caught (including discards)
13. Landings number of dealer sold to, or if
not sold to a licensed dealer, disposition of catch and whether catch was
carred
14. Port landed
15. Signature written or
electronic
N.
Lobster Harvest
Effective January 1, 2023
A. Any person that holds a license that
authorizes that person to fish for lobster except for noncommercial and
apprentice licenses, must report trip level fishing activity. The following
data elements must be reported to the DMR through approved electronic reporting
mechanisms:
1. Harvester name (as it appears
on the harvesting license) and license number
2. Boat name and hull ID
3. Designate negative report period if no
harvesting activity occurred
4.
Date fished
5. Number of crew
6. Gear type and number of traps
hauled
7. Set time (hours the gear
soaked)
8. Total gear in
water
9. Depth
10. Primary Statistical area, lobster zone
and 10 minute square where gear hauled this trip was fished
11. Sea time (including travel)
12. Pounds of species landed
13. License of dealer sold to or if not sold
to a licensed dealer, disposition of catch and whether catch was
carred
14. Port landed
15. Signature, written or
electronic
16. Number of strings
hauled. For purposes of this section, a string means a single trap or multiple
traps connected by a groundline.
17. Number of endlines - Count of total
endlines in the water
B.
All data sent to DMR must be legible, coherent and in conformance with DMR
specified standards.
O.
Scallop Harvest
Any person that holds a license that authorizes that person
to fish for scallops must report trip level fishing activity once per week no
later than 11:59 p.m. Sunday for any landings occurring from Monday 12:01 a.m.
through Sunday 11:59 p.m. If no landings occur during the week, a negative
landing report is required. The following data elements must be reported to the
DMR through approved electronic reporting mechanisms:
1. Harvester name (as it appears on the
harvesting license) and license number
2. Boat name and hull ID
3. Designate negative report period if no
harvesting activity occurred
4.
Date fished & landed
5. Number
of crew (including captain)
6. Gear
type and quantity
7. Number of
sets/tows/dives
8. Set time
(average time fished per set/tow or average dive time)
9. Average depth
10. Latitude/longitude
11. Sea time (including travel)
12. Pounds of species landed
13. License of dealer sold to, or if not sold
to a licensed dealer, disposition of catch and whether catch was
carred
14. Port landed
15. Signature, written or
electronic
P.
Urchin Harvest
Any person that holds a handfishing sea urchin license, sea
urchin hand-raking and trapping license or sea urchin dragger license (12
M.R.S. § 6748, § 6748-A or § 6748- D) must report detailed trip
and area level fishing activity on forms supplied by the Department. The
following data elements must be reported to the DMR on approved paper forms or
through approved electronic reporting mechanisms:
1. Harvester name (as it appears on the
harvesting license) and license number
2. Boat name and hull ID
3. Designate negative report period if no
harvesting activity occurred
4.
Date fished & landed
5. Number
of crew (including captain and all divers)
6. Gear type
7. Number of sets/tows/dives
8. Set time (average time fished per set/tow
or average dive time)
9. Type of
habitat
10. Average depth
11. Latitude/longitude
12. Sea time (including travel)
13. Pounds of urchins landed
14. License number of dealer sold
to
15. Port landed
16. Signature, written or electronic
Q.
Pelagic and
Anadromous Fishing Harvest
Any person who holds a license that authorizes that person to
fish for the species authorized by the Commercial Pelagic and Anadromous
fishing license must report trip level fishing activity on forms supplied by
the Department. The following data elements must be reported to the DMR on
approved paper forms or through approved electronic reporting
mechanisms:
1. Harvester name (as it
appears on the harvesting license) and landings number
2. Boat name and state vessel registration
number or Coast Guard number (if a boat was used)
3. Designate negative report period if no
harvesting activity occurred
4. Date
fished & landed
5. Number of
crew (including captain)
6. Gear
type and quantity
7. Number of
sets/tows
8. Set time (the average
time your gear fished)
9. Average
depth
10. Latitude and
longitude
11. Sea time (including
travel)
12. Pounds by species of
all species authorized by the Commercial Pelagic and Anadromous license caught
(including discards)
13. Landings
number of dealer sold to, or if not sold to a licensed dealer, disposition of
catch and whether catch was carred
14. Port landed
15. Signature written or
electronic
R.
Herring Harvester Permit
Any person that holds a license that authorizes that person
to fish for herring must submit trip level catch reports b 11:59 p.m. daily
between June 1 and December 30; and monthly outside of the season. Catches from
fixed gear must be included in these reports. Any person that holds more than
one license that authorizes that person to fish for herring must report for
each license they hold. Reports are required even if the herring caught during
the week have not been landed. The report shall include the following data
elements:
1. Harvester name (as it
appears on the harvesting license) and landings number
2. Boat name and state vessel registration
number or Coast Guard number (if a boat was used)
3. Designate negative report period if no
harvesting activity occurred
4.
Date fished & landed
5. Number
of crew (including captain)
6. Gear
type and quantity
7. Number of
sets/tows
8. Set time (the average
time your gear fished)
9. Average
depth
10. Latitude and
longitude
11. Sea time (including
travel)
12. Pounds by species of
all species caught (including discards)
13. Landings number of dealer sold to, or if
not sold to a licensed dealer, disposition of catch and whether catch was
carred
14. Port landed
15. Signature written or electronic
Atlantic herring reports are not required from Atlantic
herring carrier vessels.
S.
Aquaculture License Holder
Effective January 1, 2021 any person that holds an
Aquaculture License issued under 12 MRS § 6810-B and is authorized to grow
any species other than finfish on a lease issued under 12 MRS § 6072,
§ 6072-A or § 6072-B or a license issued under 12 MRS § 6072-C
must report harvesting activity to the Department. The following data elements
must be reported to the DMR on approved paper forms or through approved
electronic reporting mechanisms:
1.
Harvester name (as it appears on the aquaculture license)
2. Landings number
3. Designate negative report period if no
harvesting activity occurred
4.
Year of report
5. Month of
report
6. LPA or Site ID
7. Species
8. Quantity
9. Quantity Unit
10. Price (Average)
11. Price Unit
12. Landings number of dealer sold to, or if
not sold to a licensed dealer, the disposition of the harvest
13. Port landed
14. Signature, written or
electronic
T.
Mussel
Harvest
Effective January 1, 2022, any person that holds a
hand-raking mussel license or a mussel boat license issued under 12 M.R.S.
§ 6745 or § 6746 must report trip level fishing activity on forms
supplied by the Department. The following data elements must be reported to the
DMR on approved paper forms or through approved electronic reporting
mechanisms:
1. Harvester name (as it
appears on the harvesting license) and license number
2. Boat name and hull ID
3. Designate negative report period if no
harvesting activity occurred
4.
Date fished & landed
5. Number
of crew (including captain)
6. Gear
type and quantity
7. Number of
sets/tows
8. Set time (average time
fished per set/tow or average time raking)
9. Average depth
10. Latitude/longitude
11. Sea time (including travel)
12. Pounds of species landed
13. License of dealer sold to, or if not sold
to a licensed dealer, disposition of catch
14. Port landed
15. Signature, written or
electronic
