Maine Inland Fish and Game Laws, 1910 Revision
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Maine State Library Digital Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Law Books Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 1910 Maine Inland Fish and Game Laws, 1910 Revision Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalmaine.com/ifw_law_books Recommended Citation "Maine Inland Fish and Game Laws, 1910 Revision" (1910). Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Law Books. 481. https://digitalmaine.com/ifw_law_books/481 This Text is brought to you for free and open access by the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife at Digital Maine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Law Books by an authorized administrator of Digital Maine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. MAINE INLAND FISH AND GAME LAWS 1910 REVISION INLAND FISH AND GAME LAWS State of fIDaine CONTAINING ALL THE INLAND FISH AND GAM E LAW S SEE RECENT RULES AND REGULATIONS OF COMMISSIONERS IN APPENDIX 1910 EDITION Commissioners of Inland Fisheries and Game, J. W. BRACKETT, Chairman. B LA IN E S. V ILES, EDGAR E. RING. AUGUSTA KENNEBEC JOURNAL TRINT I9IO EXPLANATIONS. Unless otherwise specified ,the sections referred to in this book mean sections of chapter 32 of the Revised Statutes. R. & R. of Coins, means Rules and Regulations by the Commissioners, which have the force of law, hav ing been adopted after notice and hearing in accord ance with law. P. & S. L. means Private and Special Laws. P. L. Means Public Laws. WHEN YOU CAN FISH AND WHEN YOU CANNOT FISH. THE GENERAL LAW PROVIDING FOR AN “OPEN” AND “CLOSE” SEASON ON LAND LOCKED SALMON, TROUT, TOGUE, AND WHITE PERCH. Section 21. The words “close season” and “close time” mean the time or period during which it is un lawful to hunt, shoot, wound, trap or destroy any bird or animal, or fish for or catch any fish, and the words “open season” mean the time during which it shall be lawful to take these animals, fisn and birds as specified and limited by law. THE LAWS RELATING TO FISH AND FISHING ARE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1, as amended by ch. 132 of P. L., 1905, and ch. 263, P. & S. L., 1905, and ch. 23, P. L., 1909. There shall be an annual close time for landlocked salmon, trout, toguc and white perch, as follow s: for landlocked salmon, trout and togue, from the first day 4 of October until the ice is out of the pond, lake, or river fis.hed in, the following spring of each year except on the Saint Croix river and its tributaries and on all the waters of Kennebec county, in which the close time shall be from the fifteenth day of September until the ice is out of the ponds and lakes the following spring, and except Sebago lake and Long pond, in Cumber land county, on which the close time shall be from October first to April first; (the close time in all streams in Franklin county shall be from Oct. i of each year until the ice is out of the stream fished in the fol lowing spring. Sec. 8, ch. go, P. L., 1909.) but for white perch the close time shall be from the first day of April to the first day of July; no person shall take, catch, kill or fish for, in any manner, any landlocked salmon, trout, togue or white perch in any of the waters of this State, or have the same in possession, in close time. ICE FISHING UNDER THE GENERAL LAW. Section 1........... “And provided that during February, March and April, citizens of the State may fish* for and take landlocked salmon, trout, and togue, with not more than five set lines for each family, when fishing through the ice in the day time, and when under the immediate personal superintendence of the person fish ing, and may convey them to their own homes for con sumption therein but not otherwise; but no citizen of the state during this time shall be permitted to catch more than twenty pounds, or one fish, of landlocked salmon or trout, or more than twenty-five pounds, or one fish, of togue, in any one day. Nothing herein shall be construed as repealing any private or special act closing any lake or pond to ice fishing, or otherwise restricting fishing. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall l>e subject to a penalty of not less than ten nor more than thirty dollars for each ofTense, 5 and one dollar additional for every fish caught, taken or killed in violation of any provision of this section.” LENGTH OF FISII WHICH MAY BE CAUGHT. Landlocked salmon, 12 inches; black bass, 10 inches; white perch, 6 inches. Penalty not less than $10 nor more than $30 for each offense and $1.00 for each fish. Trout, S inches; penalty $5, and 50 cents for each • short fish. Public Law's, 1907, ch. 181, and sec. 48, ch. 32 SALE OF FISH PROHIBITED. No trout, landlocked salmon, togue, white perch or black bass, shall be sold ‘at any time by any person. Public Laws, 1907, ch. 181. TRANSPORTATION OF FISH. (Sec. 1, ch. 181, P. L., 1907, and ch. 32, Sec. 28, R. S.) No trout, togue,. landlocked salmon, white perch or black bass shall be transported in any way except in the possession of the owner, accompanied by him, plainly labeled with the owner’s name and address, and open to view ; except it shall be lawful for any person who has lawfully in his possession one trout, one togue, one black bass, one landlocked salmon or one white perch, or ten pounds of either kind of these fish, to send the same to his home or to any hospital in the state, without accompanying the same, by purchasing of the duly constituted agent therefor a tag, paying for a trout, togue, black bass, or landlocked salmon, one dol lar for each, or one dollar for each ten pounds of the same. Penalty, $30 for offense, $1 additional for each fish. 6 IT IS UNLAWFUL TO CATCH OK. TRANS PORT OR HAVE IN POSSESSION MORI? THAN TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS OF TROUT OR LANDLOCKED SALMON OR 20 POUNDS OF WHITE PERCH IN ANY ONE DAY. Sec. 3, and ch. 117, P. L., 1909. “No person shall transport more than twenty-five pounds of landlocked salmon, trout or togue, or 20 lbs. of white perch, in all, at any one time; nor shall any such be transported except in the possession of the owner thereof, plainly, labelled thereon with the owner’s name and residence, except as is provided in section 28 of this chapter; nor shall any corporation transport more than twenty-five pounds in all, of trout, togue, or landlocked salmon or 20 lbs. of white perch at one time, as the property of any one person; nor shall any person take, catch, kill, or have in possession in any one day more than twenty- five pounds in all, of trout, togue or landlocked salmon, or 20 lbs. of white perch. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars for each offense and one dollar for every pound of fish so taken or being transported, in excess of twenty-five pounds; and all such fish being so trans ported or taken in violation of this section may be seized and shall be forfeited to the State. Whoever has in his possession more than twenty-five pounds in all, of said fish, shall be deemed to have taken them in violation of this section; provided, however, that the taking of one fish additional having less than twenty- five pounds, or less than twenty pounds, when fishing through the ice, shall not be regarded as a violation of the law.” The penalty for violating any of the Private and Special Laws, or Rules and Regulations of the Com missioners, is the same as for violating the general law in regard to fishing. Sec. 4, ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903, and sec. 37, ;ch. 32, R. S. 7 PROHIBITED DEVICES IN FISHING. Sect. 2. “ Whoever fishes for, takes, catches, kills, or destroys any fish, with fish spawn or grapnel, spear, trawl, weir, seine, trap, or set lines, except when fishing through the ice, and then with not more than five set lines in the day time, or with any device, or in any other way than by the ordinary mode of angling with single baited hooks and lines, artificial flies, artificial minnow's, artificial insects, spoon hooks and spinners, so-called, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than thirty dollars for each offense; and when prohibited implements or devices are found in use or possession, they are forfeit and contraband, and any person finding them in use, may destroy tnem.” NUMBER OF LINES WHICH MAY BE USED. Section 2, chapter 181 Public Laws, 1907. No person shall in any manner, except when fishing through the ice as now provided by law, fish with more than two lines at any time, and when still fishing or plug fishing, shall not fish with or use in fishing at one time more than two lines. POSSESSION OF JACK LIGHTS, SPEARS, TRAWLS, NETS,—ILLEGAL WHEN. Sec. 5. “The having in possession of any jack light, spear, trawl, or net, other than a dip net, in any camp, lodge, or place of resort for hunters or fishermen, in the inland territory of the State, shall be prima facie evi dence that the same is kept for unlawful use; and they may be seized by any officer authorized to enforce the inland fish and game laws.