It shall be illegal to set or maintain any net in any tidal river, brook or stream or other watercourse or any territorial waters of the State of Maine between noon February 1 and noon on the first day of elver harvesting season, both days inclusive.
Exceptions: Chapter 40.12B(2) and rules established under Chapter 30.02, Limits on River Herring, and Chapter 45.
13- 188 C.M.R. ch. 55, § 07