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Animals Maine

It is unlawful to catch lobsters with your bare hands.

Status: Still Enforced / On the Books

The Law Explained

To protect the state's most lucrative marine resource, lobsters can only be harvested using traditional, regulated traps. This law was implemented to prevent overfishing by divers and to ensure that undersized or egg-bearing females can be safely identified and returned to the ocean. Plus, sticking your bare hands into a rocky crevice to grab a heavily armored crustacean is generally a terrible idea anyway.

๐Ÿ“š Source / Legal Code

Official Code Citation: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, ยง 6432
Where to look:

Maine Marine Resources Laws

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