§4613. Regulations; withdrawal -- Article XIII






The State of Maine enters into an amendment of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Compact with any one or more of the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida and such other states as may become party to that
compact for the purpose of permitting the states that ratify this amendment to establish
joint regulations of specific fisheries common to those states through the Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries Commission and their representatives on that body. Notice
of intention to withdraw from this amendment shall be executed and transmitted by
the Governor and shall be in accordance with Article XII, which shall be effective
as to this State with those states which similarly ratify this amendment. The states
consenting to this amendment agree that any 2 or more of them may designate the Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries Commission as a joint regulatory agency with such powers as
they may jointly confer from time to time for the regulation of the fishing operations
of the citizens and vessels of such designating state with respect to specific fisheries
in which such states have a common interest. The representatives of such states on
the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission shall constitute a separate section
of such commission for the exercise of the additional powers so granted provided that
the states so acting shall appropriate additional funds for this purpose. The creation
of such section as a joint regulatory agency shall not deprive the states participating
therein of any of their privileges or powers or responsibilities in the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission under the general compact.