Section 188-5-30 - Release of StatisticsA. The Commissioner shall not disclose to the public any statistics in other than aggregate or summary form. Disclosure as required by court order shall be made only after approval of the Attorney General.1. Data, statistics, or information in aggregate or summary form means the combined data of three or more submitters. The data shall be assembled in such a manner as not to reveal the identity of any dealer, harvester, business, person or vessel.2. When data is such that it cannot be provided in aggregate or summary form, then that data may only be released to the extent it is determined, by authorized Department staff, that its release will not reveal the identity of any dealer, harvester, business, person or vessel, or written permission for the release of the data has been obtained from the submitter(s).B. All requests for statistics submitted shall be processed consistent with the Maine Freedom of Access law ( 1 M.R.S.A. §401et seq.). 1. Authorized Department personnel have the authority to issue initial denials of requests subject to the Maine Freedom of Access law for statistics.2. Appeals from initial denials should be addressed to the Commissioner, Department of Marine Resources, State House Station 21, Augusta, Maine 04333-0021.13- 188 C.M.R. ch. 5, § 30