A commercial wildlife permit is required by any persons harvesting amphibians (Class Amphibia), freshwater mussels (Class Bivalvia), butterflies or moths (Class Insecta, Order Lepidoptera), dragonflies (Class Insecta, Order: Odonata), or beetles (Class Insecta, Order: Coleoptera) collected from the wild for export, sale, or commercial purposes.
This rule is not intended to apply to licensed Maine guides and anglers harvesting or collecting species other than endangered, threatened and special concern for use in the activity they are licensed for by the Department.
09- 137 C.M.R. ch. 26, § 01