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If you think you will have time to find and put on your lifejacket after you are in the water, think again. A lifejacket can only help save your life when you wear it!
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Fifty-five degree water may not sound very cold, but the sudden shock of your body plunging into cold water can cause dramatic changes in breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure. If you survive the initial threats of cold shock, you may start to lose control of your muscles, making swimming and staying afloat nearly impossible without the help of a lifejacket or other personal flotation device.
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Please wear your lifejacket at all times and pay close attention to changing weather patterns. The weather can change in a matter of minutes and you don't want to be caught in poor conditions.
Boat registrations are valid from January 1 through December 31.
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The easiest way to renew your boat registration is online at?mefishwildlife.com, but not all towns have signed up with the state?s internet vendor, InforME, to do registrations. To see if your town allows online boat registration renewals, click here. To renew your boat registration online, click here.
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First time boat registrations cannot be completed online or at MDIFW offices, they must be done at the town office so the town can collect sales and excise tax.
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Nonresidents: Boat registrations may be renewed online, but first time registrations cannot be done online or on the phone. If the boat will be kept in Maine waters for more than 60 days the boat must be registered in Maine in the town where the boat will be kept.
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Watercraft with a valid registration in another state that are in Maine waters for less than 60 days do not require a Maine registration, but do require a Lake and River Protection Sticker.
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CLEAN?your gear before entering and leaving the water access site. Remove all plants, fish, animals, mud and debris from boots, gear, boat, trailer, and vehicle and throw it in the trash.?
DRAIN bilge, ballast, wells and buckets away from the water before you leave the area.?
DRY?equipment completely before launching watercraft into another body of water.?
DISPOSE?of unused or unwanted bait?baitfish on land or in the trash. Never release any live baitfish into a water body.
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Helpful links
Boating laws & rules
Take a boating safety course
Purchase a fishing license online
View Maine's fishing laws
Learn where to go fishing
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