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2010 Advisories
 
12/30/10
30,000-LB. Commercial Scup Trip Limit Set For 2011 Winter I Fishing Period
 
12/22/10
2010 Commercial Permits Extended Through January 31, 2011
 
12/16/10
Notice of NEFMC/MAFMC Scoping Hearings on Monkfish Catch Share Management - January 4, 10, and 11, 2011
 
12/15/10
New Program Provides Technical Training and Cash Benefits to Massachusetts Lobstermen pdf icon
 
11/30/10
Notice to Holders of Massachusetts Fluke Endorsements and Fluke Dealers: Commercial Summer Flounder Period I Pilot Program for Offshore Winter Fishery
 
11/24/10
Atlantic Sea Herring Management Area 1A Closure To Be Lifted From November 29, 2010 Through December 2, 2010
 
11/19/10
A Report on Economic and Scientific Conditions in the Massachusetts Multispecies Groundfishery pdf icon
 
11/18/10
Compliance Reminder: Outer Cape Cod Mandatory Haul-Out Period and the Cape Cod Bay Critical Habitat Rules
 
11/17/10
Atlantic Sea Herring Closure in Management Area 1A, 2,000 LB. Possession Limit In Effect Thursday, November 18th
 
11/5/10
Recreational Saltwater Fishing Permit - Public Hearings Scheduled For: December 8, 2010 and December 15, 2010
- Draft Regulations portable document file (PDF)
 
11/5/10
2010-2011 Northern Shrimp Annual Specifications - Request for Public Comment
 
10/15/10
Northern Shrimp Advisory Panel Meeting and Public Hearing Scheduled
 
10/14/10
Revised Sea Herring 'Days-Out' for Area 1A for October 18 - December 31
 
10/6/10
Commercial Tautog Fishery to Close Effective Thursday, October 14th
 
10/01/10
Commercial Scup Possession Limit Increased to 2,000-lbs and No-Fishing Days Eliminated Beginning Saturday, October 2, 2010
 
9/22/10
Notice to Holders of State Waters Groundfish Permit Endorsement: Hook Fishing LOA Available for October
 
9/16/10
Atlantic Sea Herring Spawning Closure Postponed Until October 1
 
9/8/10
Notice of Public Comment Period: Winter II Scup
 
8/23/10
Amended Closure To the Commercial Summer Flounder Fishery
 
8/20/10
Notice of Public Hearings: September 27 and 28, 2010
 
8/19/10
Commercial Striped Bass, Summer Flounder, & Spiny Dogfish Fisheries to Close portable document file (PDF)
 
8/12/10
Commercial Black Sea Bass Fishery to Close Effective Monday, August 16
 
8/5/10
Sea Herring Days-Out for Area 1A for Late Summer and Fall 2010
 
7/20/10
Fall Trawl Survey Tows To Begin September 7, 2010 - MarineFisheries Requests Fishermen Cooperation portable document file (PDF)
 
7/19/10
Summer Period Commercial Black Sea Bass Fishery To Open August 1st At a Reduced Trip Limit: 50 lbs
 
7/1/10
Notice of Public Comment Period: Black Sea Bass
 
7/1/10
Extension of Spring Cod Conservation Zone Closure
 
6/29/10
The Division of Marine Fisheries Extends Spring Cod Conservation Zone Closure Until July 21, 2010
 
6/29/10
SMAST Launches Bycatch Avoidance System in Nantucket Lightship Scallop Access Areas
 
6/15/10
States Schedule Hearings on Striped Bass Draft Addendum II - Public Comment Accepted Until October 1
 
6/10/10
Bycatch Avoidance System Study in Nantucket Lightship Area portable document file (PDF) Bycatch Email Authorization Worksheet portable document file (PDF)
 
5/28/10
Notice of Designated Days-Out in Sea Herring Fishery Management Area 1A: June 1 to July 11, 2010
 
5/27/10
Presentation on Research and Stock Status of Southern New England Lobster
 
5/7/10
Northern Shrimp Closure - Effective May 6, 2010
 
4/29/10
Commercial Spring Tautog Fishery to Close - Effective Monday, May 3rd
 
4/22/10
Advisory to Mariners - Right Whales Around Martha's Vineyard
 
4/9/10
MFC Approves 2010 Spiny Dogfish Specifications - Fishery to Open May 1st at 3,000-LBS
 
4/7/10
66th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference
 
4/2/10
Notice of Rescheduled Public Hearing Scheduled for April 15, 2010 on Changes to Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan
 
4/2/10
Notice of Public Hearing - May 10, 2010 on Black Sea Bass, Scup, Summer Flounder, Coastal Sharks, and Weakfish
 
4/2/10
MarineFisheries Enacts Emergency Regulations For Black Sea Bass, Scup, Summer Flounder, and Coastal Sharks
 
3/30/10
Clarification of April Cod Closure Rules in Massachusetts Portion of the Gulf of Maine
 
3/23/10
MarineFisheries Increases Protection of Mature and Spawning Horseshoe Crabs
 
3/16/10
Spring Trawl Survey Tows To Begin May 3, 2010 - MarineFisheries Requests Fishermen Cooperation portable document file (PDF)
 
3/12/10
Notice of Public Comment Period Regarding Spiny Dogfish Trip Limits
 
1/7/10
Commercial Landing of Certain Shark Species Prohibited Until Further Notice
 
1/4/10
2009 Permits Extended Through January 31, 2010, 2009 Catch Reports Due January 31st

 


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