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2005 Advisories
 
12/30/05

Cod Conservation Zone Extended Through February and Permitting Changes Announced

 
12/23/05

2,000-lb Landing/Possession Limit Effective for Atlantic Herring 1B Fishery

 
12/14/05

2005 Permits Extended Through February 28th, 2006

 
12/06/05

PSP Opening - NH to Essex Bay - Map

 
12/01/05

Reminder of ASMFC Eel Hearing on Draft Addendum 1 to American Eel Interstate Fishery Management Plan

 
11/29/05

2,000 lb Herring Possession Limit in Management Area 1A Effective Friday, December 2nd

 
11/23/05

A Reminder and Clarification on Upcoming Cod Conservation Zone

 
11/22/05

2005/2006 Northern Shrimp Season Set at 140 Days - December 12 - April 30

 
11/16/05

Notice of Public Comment Period - Spiny Dogfish

 
11/15/05

Commercial Fluke Fishery to Close on Friday, November 18, 2005

 
11/15/05

PSP Opening - Marblehead - Map

 
11/15/05

PSP Opening - Cohasset to Barnstable - Map

 
11/14/05

Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission Approves New Regulations

 
11/14/05

MarineFisheries Seeks Fishermen's Cooperation - Third Year of Industry Based Survey of Gulf of Maine Cod Pilot Study

 
10/31/05

Commercial Scup Daily Possession Limit Decreased to 3,000 lbs

 
10/28/05

ASMFC Northern Shrimp Section to Set 2006 Season - ASMFC & MarineFisheries to Seek Public Comment

 
10/24/05

Final Notice to Delinquent Striped Bass Permit Holders - 2005 Catch Reports due by November 30th

 
10/20/05

Meeting on Merrimack River Clam Flats Scheduled for October 27th

 
10/18/05

Notice of Public Hearing Scheduled for November 9th, 2005

 
10/13/05

Commercial Scup Daily Possession Limit Increased to 3,500 lbs

 
10/07/05

Massachusetts Bay Cod Management Proposed Actions

 
10/03/05

EOEA Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Hearing

 
09/23/05

Notice of Public Hearings Scheduled for October 24th and 25th

 
09/20/05

Commercial Black Sea Bass Fishery to Close Friday September 23rd

 
09/19/05

Sea Herring Spawning Closure Effective Wednesday, September 21

 
09/12/05

Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission Approves New Regulations - Outer Cape Lobster Minimum Size to Increase

 
09/09/05

Commercial Scup Possession Limit Increased to 800-Lbs on Monday, September 12

 
09/06/05

ASMFC Hearings on American Lobster Draft Addendum VII

 
09/06/05

ASMFC Hearing on Spiny Dogfish Draft Addendum I

 
09/06/05

ASMFC Hearings on Herring Draft Amendment 2

 
08/25/05

Recreational Scup Fishery to Close on Wednesday, August 31, 2005

 
08/24/05

Fall Resource Assessment Survey to Begin Sep 6th - MarineFisheries Requests Fishermen's Cooperation - Map of tows

 
08/24/05

Reminder of Cape Cod Bay Whiting Area, Fixed Gear Free Zone, and Adjacent Seasonal Groundfish Closures

 
08/23/05

Massachusetts Clean Vessel Act (CVA) Program Reaches Three Million Gallon Milestone

 
08/19/05

Notice of Shellfish Area Openings - Map

 
08/18/05

Notice of Shellfish Area Openings - Map

 
08/18/05

Notice of Shellfish Area Openings - Map

 
08/12/05

Commercial Striped Bass Fishery to Close on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - Catch Reports Due October 15th

 
08/04/05

Marine Fisheries Re-Opens Additional Areas For Harvest

 
08/04/05

Notice of Shellfish Area Openings - Map

 
08/02/05

Supplementary Information on New DAM Zone

 
07/26/05

Marine Fisheries Re-Opens Additional Areas For Harvest

 
07/26/05

Notice of Shellfish Area Openings - Map

 
07/20/05

Marine Fisheries Re-Opens Additional Areas For Harvest

 
07/20/05

Notice of Shellfish Area Openings - Map

 
07/19/05

Marine Fisheries Re-Opens Additional Areas For Harvest

 
07/19/05

Notice of Shellfish Area Openings - Map

 
07/19/05

Notice of Shellfish Area Openings - Map

 
07/09/05

Marine Fisheries Re-Opens Additional Areas For Harvest

 
07/09/05

Notice of Shellfish Area Openings

 
07/08/05

Marine Fisheries Re-Opens Additional Areas For Harvest

 
07/08/05

Notice of Shellfish Area Openings

 
07/07/05

Reminder of 2005 Commercial Striped Bass Regulations - Fishery to Open on Tuesday, July 12th

 
07/01/05

Reminder of ASMFC Hearings on Menhaden Draft Addendum II & Summer Flounder Draft Addendum XVII

 
07/01/05

Massachusetts Re-opens Productive Shellfish Areas Affected by Red Tide on South Shore and Cape Cod

 
07/01/05

Map of Shellfish Area Openings

 
07/01/05

Notice of Shellfish Area Openings

 
06/24/05

Shellfish Harvesters Urged Not to Gather or Consume Shellfish From Closed Areas

 
06/24/05

Toxic Red Tide Makes Consumption of Shellfish Dangerous

 
06/21/05

SBA to Provide Red Tide Relief

 
06/16/05

Recreational Winter Flounder Rules and Area 3 Lobster Minimum Size Increase to be Effective July 1st

 
06/16/05

PSP Closure - Southern Martha's Vineyard

 
06/15/05

NOAA Fisheries Announces Emergency Closure of Portion of Federal Waters Due to Red Tide

 
06/10/05

DMF Prohibits the Landing & Taking of Certain Shellfish from Federal Waters Adjacent to the Commonwealth

 
06/10/05

Commercial Black Sea Bass Season Closed for the Period June 14 through July 31, 2005

 
06/08/05

Notice of Spiny Dogfish Annual Specifications

 
06/06/05

PSP Closure - Edgartown

 
06/03/05

PSP Closure - Nantucket Sound

 
06/03/05

PSP Closure - Nantucket

 
06/03/05

PSP Closure - Chatham

 
06/02/05

PSP Closure - Monomoy

 
05/27/05

PSP Closure - Pleasant Bay

 
05/27/05

PSP Closure - Cape Cod Canal to the NH Border, including Cape Cod Bay

 
05/27/05

ASMFC to Hold Hearings on Summer Flounder Draft Ammendment XVII

 
05/25/05

Environmental Police Officer Exam Announced

 
05/20/05

PSP Closure - Cape Cod Canal to the NH Border

 
05/20/05

Black Sea Bass Season Extended Through May 23-31, 2005

 
05/19/05

PSP Closure - Cape Ann to the NH Border

 
05/16/05

Notice of Public Comment Period

 
05/10/05

Right Whale Aggregation Departs Cape Cod Bay - Advisory Lifted

 
04/27/05
PSP Closure - Nauset System
 
04/25/05

Robert "Stubby" Knowles to be Honored with NOAA Hero Award in May 2nd Ceremony

 
04/14/05
Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission Approves New Regulations
 
03/21/05

ASFMC to Hold Public Hearings on American Eel Public Information Document

 
03/09/05
The Division of Marine Fisheries comments on Cape Wind Draft Environmental Impact Study
 
03/02/05

Notice of Public Hearings Scheduled for March 21 and 22, 2005

 
03/02/05
Notice of Public Hearing Scheduled for March 29, 2005
 
02/28/05

Masssachusetts Commercial Fluke Fishery Trip Limit to Drop to 100 Pounds on March 2, 2005

 
02/17/05
2004 Massachusetts Saltwater Fishing Derby Sets 2 New State Records - 2005 Derby starts on March 1
 
01/05/05
Masssachusetts Bay Cod Management Actions
 
01/03/05
Applications Sought for New England Fishery Management Council

 

 

 

 

 

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