Baitfish and Smelt Information: Laws & Rules: Fishing: Fishing & Boating: Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
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Springtime In Maine Means Smelts Are Running
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Maine Fish and Game Magazine, Winter 1968-69 by Maine State
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Maine Groundfish Permit Bank Department of Marine Resources
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Bait management review
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To Keep or To Release?: Maine Fishing Guide: Fishing: Fishing
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Bait management review
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Statewide General Fishing Laws: Laws & Rules: Fishing: Fishing
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Licenses & Permits: Fishing: Fishing & Boating: Maine Dept of
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Indigenous moderate livelihood lobster fishery expands in Nova
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Fish & Wildlife: Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
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A key Maine lobster bait is booming. Soon fishermen may be able to
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Bait management review
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Maine Fish and Wildlife Magazine, Spring 1982 by Maine State
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In fight against illegal fishing, Canada's sea spies struggle with
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Live Fish as Bait: It's Time State Biologists Stop Defending It