Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) No person shall
import fin fish for bait, unless the person is a licensed retail or wholesale
bait dealer in accordance with
Fis
1104.04, who is also in possession of a permit to
import bait fish, issued in accordance with
Fis
1104.07.
(b) A permit to import bait fish shall be
issued to import only the following species:
(1) White sucker (Catostomus
commersonii);
(2) Eastern
creek chubsucker (Erimyzon oblongus);
(3) Tomcod or killifish (Fundulus
sp.);
(4) Golden shiner
(Notemigonus crysoleucas);
(5) Common shiner (Luxilis
cornutus);
(6) Spot-tail
shiner (Notropis hudsonius);
(7) Eastern silvery minnow
(Hybognathus regius);
(8) Emerald shiner (Notropis
atherinoides);
(9) Lake
chub (Couesius plumbeus);
(10) Creek chub (Semotilus
atromaculatus);
(11)
Fallfish (Semotilus corporalis); and
(12) Rainbow smelt (Osmerus
mordax).
(c)
All permits to import bait fish shall be issued with the following additional
conditions and restrictions:
(1) Live fish
imported for use as freshwater fishing bait shall only be imported from states
with an aquatic invasive species monitoring program, approved in advance of the
importation by the executive director, and meeting the testing criteria
contained in Fis 803.09 and the reporting
requirements of Fis 803.10;
(2) The date of importation from an approved
hatchery source shall be within 6 months of the inspection;
(3) No species of aquatic invertebrate shall
be imported for use as bait or otherwise;
(4) Freshwater smelt shall not be imported,
except that all bait fish and freshwater smelt that are natal to the state of
Maine and free of pathogens, in accordance with
Fis
803.09, may be imported without a prior inspection of
the source;
(5) No dealer shall
import a greater quantity of bait fish than the quantity specified on that
person's import permit;
(6) Each
shipment of imported fish for bait received by a licensed bait dealer shall be
accompanied with a dated bill of sale, signed by the source of purchase,
indicating the quantity by species and the name and address of the source of
said fish; and
(7) The bill of sale
and all documents showing the results of any inspection or testing of imported
fish shall be open for inspection by the executive director or designee at any
time.
(See Revision Notes at chapter headings for Fis 400 and
Fis 500) #5016, eff 1-1-91 (from
Fis
406.07); amd by #5723, eff 12-1-93; amd by #5723, eff
12-1-93; ss by 6177, eff 1-27-96, EXPIRED: 1-27-04
New. #8120, eff 7-16-04; amd by
#9249, eff 1-1-09; ss by #10279, eff
2-28-13
