• 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