A person who purchases or sells herring in their live or raw state for packing, other than by a standard unit of measure or by a fractional part of a standard unit of measure, commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 and not more than $500 may be adjudged. The standard units of measure are the bushel, barrel of 3 bushels or the hogshead of 17 1/2 bushels. [1999, c. 771, Pt. B, §6(AMD); 1999, c. 771, Pt. D, §§1,2(AFF).]
12 M.R.S. § 6543