• 322 CMR 1.00: ENFORCEMENT OF RULES AND REGULATIONS
  • Section 1.01: Safe Boarding and Inspection
• 322 CMR 2.00: ADOPTING ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS
  • Section 2.01: Definition of Regulations
  • Section 2.02: Petition for Adoption of Regulations
  • Section 2.03: Initial Procedure to Handle Recommended Regulations
  • Section 2.04: Participation at Preliminary Meeting
  • Section 2.05: Procedure for the Adoption, Amendment or Repeal of Regulations Where No Public Hearing is Required
  • Section 2.06: Procedure for the Adoption or Amendment of Regulations Where a Public Hearing is Required
  • Section 2.07: Availability of Regulation
  • Section 2.08: Filing of Regulation
  • Section 2.09: Advisory Ruling
• 322 CMR 3.00: 1971 COMPILATION
  • Section 3.01: Protect Shad in the Palmer River, Rehoboth
  • Section 3.02: Taking of White Perch from the Agawam River, Wareham
  • Section 3.03: Transplanting Seed or Adult Oysters (Special Permit)
  • Section 3.04: Use and Operation of Mobile Gear in Certain Territorial Waters of the Commonwealth
  • Section 3.05: Taking of Anadromous Fish, Except Alewives and River Herring, in the Territorial Waters of Massachusetts
  • Section 3.06: Taking of Coho Salmon (Oncorhychus kisutch)
  • Section 3.07: Marking of Lobster Equipment
• 322 CMR 4.00: FISHING AND SHELLFISH EQUIPMENT
  • Section 4.01: Use of Purse Seines in Cape Cod Bay
  • Section 4.02: Nets in Inshore Waters
  • Section 4.03: (Reserved)
  • Section 4.04: Fish Weir Buffer Zone
  • Section 4.05: Use of Nets for the Taking of Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)
  • Section 4.06: Use of Mobile Gear
  • Section 4.08: Fishing and Shellfish Equipment (Reserved)
  • Section 4.09: Use of Gillnets South and West of Cape Cod
  • Section 4.10: Use of Sea Scallop Dredges Section 4.11: Use of Gillnets in Massachusetts Bay
  • Section 4.12: Use of Nets for Taking Striped Bass (Morone Saxatilis) or Shad (Alosa sapidissima)
  • Section 4.13: Fixed Gear Marking and Maximum Length Requirements
  • Section 4.14: Surface Gillnet Restrictions
  • Section 4.15: Use of Cast Nets for Harvest of Bait
• 322 CMR 5.00: NORTHERN SHRIMP
  • Section 5.01: Purpose
  • Section 5.02: Definitions
  • Section 5.03: Permits
  • Section 5.04: Annual Specifications
  • Section 5.05: Gear Restrictions
  • Section 5.06: Regulated Species Prohibition
  • Section 5.07: Northern Shrimp Closure
• 322 CMR 6.00: REGULATION OF CATCHES
  • Section 6.01: Lobster Maximum and Minimum Sizes
  • Section 6.02: Taking of Lobsters in the Coastal Waters of the Commonwealth
  • Section 6.03: Multispecies Groundfish (Cod, Dabs, Haddock, Pollock, Windowpane Flounder, Winter Flounder, Witch Flounder, Yellowtail Flounder, Halibut and Monkfish)
  • Section 6.04: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
  • Section 6.05: Atlantic Sea Scallop (Placopecten Magellanicus) Management
  • Section 6.06: Atlantic Salmon Restoration
  • Section 6.07: Striped Bass Fishery (Morone saxatilis)
  • Section 6.08: Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries
  • Section 6.09: Regulation of Catches (Reserved)
  • Section 6.10: Management of the Atlantic Freshwater Clam (Corbicula fluminea)
  • Section 6.11: Bay Scallops Harvest Criteria
  • Section 6.12: Fish Pot Fishery Restrictions
  • Section 6.13: Lobster Trap Limit in the Coastal Waters of the Commonwealth
  • Section 6.14: Lobster Car Restrictions
  • Section 6.15: Black Sea Bass, Scup, and Conch Fishery Pot Limit
  • Section 6.16: Atlantic Sturgeon Prohibition
  • Section 6.17: River Herring
  • Section 6.18: Bluefish Recreational Catch Limit
  • Section 6.19: Blue Crab Restrictions
  • Section 6.20: Minimum Sizes for Quahogs, Soft Shelled Clams and Oysters
  • Section 6.21: Minimum Size for Conch
  • Section 6.22: Summer Flounder (Fluke) Restrictions
  • Section 6.23: Winter Flounder Restrictions
  • Section 6.24: Sea Urchin Management
  • Section 6.25: Lobster Landing Window
  • Section 6.26: Bycatch Lobster Landing/Possession Limits
  • Section 6.27: Scup and Black Sea Bass Permitting and Reporting Requirements
  • Section 6.28: Scup and Black Sea Bass Fishery Restrictions
  • Section 6.29: Acushnet River Estuary Fisheries Closures
  • Section 6.30: American Eels
  • Section 6.31: Trap Tags
  • Section 6.32: Frozen Shell-on Lobster Parts
  • Section 6.33: Lobster Management Areas
  • Section 6.34: Horseshoe Crab Management
  • Section 6.35: Spiny Dogfish Management
  • Section 6.36: Quahog Management in State Waters
  • Section 6.37: Coastal Shark Conservation and Management
  • Section 6.38: Shellfish Landing and Harvest Restrictions Necessitated by Marine Biotoxins
  • Section 6.39: Loligo Squid Management
  • Section 6.40: Commercial Tautog (Tautoga onitis) Fishery Limits
  • Section 6.41: Smooth Dogfish (Mustelus canis) Management
• 322 CMR 7.00: PERMITS
  • Section 7.01: Form, Use and Contents of Permits
  • Section 7.02: Master and Subordinate Digger Permits
  • Section 7.03: Coastal Lobster Permit & Trap Allocation Transfer Programs
  • Section 7.04: Commercial Fisheries Control Date
  • Section 7.05: Coastal Access Permit (CAP)
  • Section 7.06: Transfer of Limited Entry Permits
  • Section 7.07: Authorization for Dealers to Purchase Quota-managed Species
  • Section 7.08: Offshore Lobster Fishery Control Date and Moratorium
  • Section 7.09: Fish Pot Permits and Transfers
• 322 CMR 8.00: COASTAL FISHERIES CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
  • Section 8.01: Purpose and Scope
  • Section 8.02: Definitions
  • Section 8.03: Night Closure to Mobile Gear Fishing
  • Section 8.04: Mobile Gear Restriction
  • Section 8.05: Vessel Length Limits
  • Section 8.06: Minimum Size and Possession Limits
  • Section 8.07: Mesh Size Restrictions
  • Section 8.08: Permits
  • Section 8.09: Spawning Area Closures
  • Section 8.10: Gillnet Mesh Size and Permit Requirement
  • Section 8.11: Prohibitions
  • Section 8.12: Groundfish Closures in the Gulf of Maine
  • Section 8.13: Coastal Fisheries Conservation and Management (Reserved)
  • Section 8.14: Upper Cape Cod Whiting Area
  • Section 8.15: Seasonal Cod Protection Measures
• 322 CMR 9.00: MANAGEMENT OF SEA HERRING
  • Section 9.01: Definitions
  • Section 9.02: Management Area Boundaries
  • Section 9.03: Spawning Herring Protection
  • Section 9.04: Vessel Size Limit
  • Section 9.05: Fishing Restrictions & Annual Specifications
• 322 CMR 10.00: MANAGEMENT OF MODERATELY CONTAMINATED SHELLFISH
  • Section 10.01: Definitions
  • Section 10.02: Authorization
  • Section 10.03: Agents
  • Section 10.04: Containers
  • Section 10.05: Transportation
  • Section 10.06: Hold-Over
  • Section 10.07: Records
  • Section 10.08: Purification
  • Section 10.09: Shellfish Release
  • Section 10.10: Prohibitions
  • Section 10.11: Penalties
• 322 CMR 11.00: INTERNAL WATERS PROCESSING
  • Section 11.01: Definitions
  • Section 11.02: Authorization
  • Section 11.03: Exception
  • Section 11.04: Application
  • Section 11.05: Conditions
  • Section 11.06: Termination
• 322 CMR 12.00: PROTECTED SPECIES
  • Section 12.01: Purpose
  • Section 12.02: Definitions
  • Section 12.03: Prohibition on Certain Gear or Lines in Waters under the Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth
  • Section 12.04: Seasonal Gillnet Closures & Gear Restrictions
  • Section 12.05: Fixed Gear Seasonal Gear Restrictions
  • Section 12.06: Year-round Gear Restrictions
  • Section 12.07: Buffer Zone
  • Section 12.08: Harassment and Harm
  • Section 12.09: Entanglement Reporting
  • Section 12.10: Exceptions
  • Section 12.11: Protected Species (Reserved)
  • Section 12.12: Right Whale Cape Cod Bay Critical Habitat Map
• 322 CMR 13.00: RESERVED
• 322 CMR 14.00: REGULATION OF AQUACULTURE PRODUCTS
  • Section 14.01: Aquaculture Raised Hybrid Striped Bass
• 322 CMR 15.00: MANAGEMENT OF MARINE AQUACULTURE
  • Section 15.01: Purpose and Scope
  • Section 15.02: Definitions
  • Section 15.03: Authorization
  • Section 15.04: Permits
  • Section 15.05: Application
  • Section 15.06: Site Review
  • Section 15.07: Biological Controls
  • Section 15.08: Operation
  • Section 15.09: Monitoring
  • Section 15.10: Non-Indigenous Species