Tournaments

York Harbor Striper Tourney

June 22-23, 2008. Last year's tournament was a huge success - please join us again this year to help make this one even better.

Penobscot River Striped Bass Tournament

June 21 - July 26 2008Come on up and help us tag as many fish as possible.

Casco Bay Chapter:

March 20 -
2008 Annual Casco Bay Chapter Banquet


Kennebec Chapter:

Busy Planning the banquet, check back soon







Accessing Maine's Coast

Lost Access is a problem up and down Maine's coast.

According to Maine law, Private landowners can and often do hold private property rights to the low water mark. These private property rights are subject to a public easment for fishing, fowling, and navigation up to the mean high tide line.

Maine law does not guarantee access to the intertidal zone, so it's still neccessary to find an access point that will allow you to get below the high water mark, but as long as you're below the high water mark Maine law guarantees the right to engage in "fishing, fowling, and navigation" there.

Additionally, Maine law stipulates that a landowner is not liable for any harm that comes to you while engaging in "Recreational or harvesting activities" on his or her property. (Maine Title 14, Part 1, Chapter 7, §159-A)



For more information on accessing Maine's intertidal areas, visit some of the following links:


Public Shoreline Access in Maine (pdf)
Legal Considerations Regarding Restoration of Productive Clam Flats in Maine
Beach Law 101 Slideshow
Public Shoreline Access and the Moody Beach Case









News

Winslow Dam breach OK'd
3/18/08 - FPL Energy appears to have cleared the final hurdle to its plan to breach Fort Halifax Dam this summer.


2008 Tournaments in the works
Striper Season is still a few months away, but we're already working on a couple of great catch and release striper tournaments for 2008. You can check out our Tournament Page for more information.

10/22/07Sedgwick fisherman faces $510,000 fine
The captain of the Western Sea fishing boat and the vessel's owner face $510,000 in fines from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration for allegedly failing to comply with federal reporting laws on herring landings.
NOAA concluded that the vessel's captain, Daniel Fill, 43, of Sedgwick, failed to report about 15 million pounds of herring harvested in the Gulf of Maine between June 1 and late August, resulting in 51 violations of the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act.
Read the full article on the Bangor Daily News website

8/8/07Fort Halifax Dam one step closer to removal
Colin Hickey discusses the latest Supreme Judicial Court decision regarding the dam on the Sebasticook River in Winslow. You can read the full article online on the Morning Sentinel web site

7/11/07Sappi Agrees to removal of Cumberland Mills Dam
An article by John Richardson discusses the agreement in more detail on the Morning Sentinel web site

4/23/07 CCA Maine Testifies in favor of L.D. 1811.
CCA Maine Executive Director Ian Burnes testified at a public hearing in favor of L.D. 1811 - An Act to Create A Saltwater Recreational fishing license.

You can read the full text of his testimony here: CCA Maine Testimony.