(a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person engaging in any activity for which a permit or special license is required under this chapter without acquiring the license or permit commits a summary offense of the second degree. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person who violates any other provision of this chapter or the regulations promulgated thereunder commits a summary offense of the third degree.

(b) Boundary lakes.--A person engaged in any activity for which a permit or special license under section 2903 (relating to boat and net licenses for boundary lakes) is required without obtaining such license or permit or who violates any provision of section 2903 or the regulations promulgated thereunder concerning seasons, size limits, total allowable catch, trap nets and landing of catch commits a misdemeanor of the third degree. A person who violates any other regulation promulgated under section 2903 commits a summary offense of the first degree.