DMR Public Hearing - 100% Electronic Harvester Reporting
DMR - Augusta Office 32 Blossom Lane, Marquardt Building Augusta, ME
Tuesday, August 30, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT
Category: Hearings
DMR is providing notice of a proposed rule amending Chapter 8 (Landings Program), impacting holders of a number of different license types, including lobster. In the lobster fishery, the proposed rule would implement 100% electronic harvester reporting for commercial lobster license holders. As important background for this proposed regulation:
Below, please find the summary of the proposed regulation, as well as information on the public hearing and opportunities to comment. BRIEF SUMMARY: This proposed rulemaking makes changes to the reporting requirements for scallop, herring, lobster, and pelagic and anadromous license holders. It changes the frequency of reporting for scallop license holders from trip level data reported monthly to trip level data reported weekly (no later than 11:59 pm Sunday) and requires that reports are submitted via an approved electronic mechanism. The data elements in the scallop harvester report remain unchanged. The proposed rule also extends the time frame for which daily reporting is required in the herring fishery, from September 30 to December 30 annually. The data elements in the herring harvester report remain unchanged. The proposed rule requires all lobster license holders (except apprentice and noncommercial license holders) to report trip level data monthly, and requires reports to be submitted via an approved electronic mechanism. The data elements required in the lobster harvester report remain unchanged. Finally, the proposed rule clarifies that pelagic and anadromous license holders only need to report those species authorized under the pelagic and anadromous license. Date, time and location of PUBLIC HEARING (if any): August 30, 2022, 5:00 p.m., in-person at the Marquardt Building, room 118, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta; or remotely via Microsoft Teams. Remote access information is posted to DMR’s website under “Meetings.” For information on how to join the hearing, please visit: www.maine.gov/dmr. Instructions will be posted on DMR’s homepage under meetings and events. COMMENT DEADLINE: September 9, 2022 How to comment:
Contact: Lorraine Morris - 207-441-5319 or [email protected] |