There are three bills being heard on March 6th that may impact Alewife harvesters:

LD 325 – An Act Related to the Disbursement of Revenue Generated from the Harvesting of River Herring

https://legislature.maine.gov/billtracker/#Paper/325?legislature=132

LD 553 – An Act to Assert State Sovereignty over Ocean Waters and Marine Resources up to 12 Nautical Miles off the State’s Coast

https://legislature.maine.gov/billtracker/#Paper/553?legislature=132

LD 687 – An Act to Assert State Ownership over Ocean Waters up to 12 Nautical Miles and Submerged Lands and Marine Resources up to 24 Nautical Miles off the State’s Coast and to Direct the Attorney General to Study That Ownership

https://legislature.maine.gov/billtracker/#Paper/687?legislature=132