Section 188-7-20 - Shellfish Management Plan1. Any municipality that implements a municipal shellfish conservation program as authorized under 12 M.R.S. §6671, must, with the assistance of the Department of Marine Resources (Department), prepare and adopt a shellfish management plan which consists of: A. A written statement of goals and objectives the municipality plans to achieve as a result of its conservation program; andB. A description of the various conservation measures the municipality intends to employ to reach those goals. The measures may include but are not limited to licensing, limiting the number of shellfish harvesters, restricting the time (hours, days or portion of the year) and area where harvesting is permitted, limiting the minimum size of soft-shell clams, limiting the species or amount of shellfish taken daily by a license class of harvester, transplanting or seeding of shellfish, and protecting the resource from predators by fencing, trapping or other means.2. The Shellfish Management Plan must be accepted by the Department prior to the Departments' approval of a Municipal Shellfish Conservation Ordinance.13- 188 C.M.R. ch. 7, § 20