09- 137 C.M.R. ch. 2, § 04

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024

Section 137-2-04 - Rules Pertaining to Fishing Derbies

A.Scope of Rules

These rules shall be applicable only to fishing derbies as authorized by Title 12, M.R.S.A., Sections 12504 & 12504-A .

B.Applications

1. An application for a permit to conduct a fishing derby shall be on such forms as the department requires. The following information is required:

a. Name and address of the sponsor

b. Rules of the derby

c. Body(s) of water affected

d. Date(s) and time(s) of the derby

e. Prize structure

2.(Repealed. This fee has been established by the Legislature, P.L. 1991, c.443)

3. Applications for open water fishing derbies will be accepted after January 1 annually.

4. Applications for ice fishing derbies will be accepted after September 1 annually.

5. Applications for fishing derbies will be processed in order of receipt.

C.Restrictions

1. No fishing derbies will be permitted on any single body of water having a surface area of less than 100 acres and managed by the department for cold water fish species (trout, salmon and/or togue) or if the issuance of a permit would be inconsistent with the fisheries management objectives of the waters being affected.

2. Open water fishing derbies are not allowed to be held between April 1 - June 15, except where fishing derbies are consistent with the fisheries management objectives of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

3. No more than 4 derbies will be permitted on any single body of water in any calendar year. County-wide or state-wide derbies shall not be counted as a derby on any one body of water.

4. The total cash value of prizes to be awarded at any single fishing derby (excluding door prizes) shall not exceed $10,000, except:

a. when the derby is of a regional or statewide nature, involves more than a single body of water, or only involves waters not managed by the department for cold water fish species (trout, salmon and/or togue), in which case the total cash value of prizes to be awarded (excluding door prizes) shall not exceed $25,000.

D.Requirements

1. Except as otherwise provided by law, all anglers in the derby must comply with the licensing requirements of Title 12, M.R.S.A., Sections 10751 to 10759.

2. A copy of the derby permit and a copy of the sponsor's rules affecting the derby shall be conspicuously displayed during each derby at a location accessible to all derby contestants.

09- 137 C.M.R. ch. 2, § 04