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Public Hearings
Notices |
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Notice of Public Hearing - June 14, 2013 
Recreational black sea bass, scup, and fluke.
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Notice of Public Hearing - May 16, 2013
Striped bass management.
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Notice of ASMFC Public Hearing - April 23, 2013
American eel management.
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Notice of ASMFC Public Hearing - April 11, 2013
Recreational fluke management.
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Notice of Public Hearing - April 25, 2013
Shad and river herring management.
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Notice of Public Hearings - April 17 & 18, 2013
Whelk and commerical state-waters sea scallop management.
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Notice of Public Hearing - February 13, 2013
Lobster, commercial scup and black sea bass. commercial horseshoe crab, recreational regulations, surf clams in federal waters, charter boats and posting rules, and gillnet pinters.
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Notice of Public Hearings - January 17, 2013
State waters winter flounder and monkfish, recreational groundfish and declaring lobster management areas.
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Notice of ASMFC/DMF Public Hearing - October 16, 2012
Draft Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden.
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Notice of ASMFC/DMF Public Hearing - October 4, 2012
Draft Addendum II to Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for the Inshore Stocks of Winter Flounder.
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Notice of ASMFC/DMF Public Hearing - October 4, 2012
Draft Addendum I to Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Northern Shrimp.
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Notice of ASMFC Public Hearing - June 21, 2012
Massachusetts and Rhode Island have scheduled a joint hearing to gather public comment on Draft Amendment XVIII to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster
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Notice of ASMFC Public Hearing - June 5, 2012
Proposed measures to addres illegal striped bass harvest.
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Notice of Public Hearings - June 5 and 7, 2012
Commercial Lobster V-Notch Regulations for Southern New England, Annual Amendments to Recreational Black Sea Bass, Scup and Fluke Rules, and Adjustments to the Recreational Minimum Size and Bag Limit for Gulf of Maine Cod
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Notice of Public Hearings - January 10 and 11, 2012
River herring conservation and compliance with the interstate management plan for river herring and shad.
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Notice of Public Hearings - November 29 and 30, 2011
Hook and line gear restrictions in the striped bass fishery mandating circle hooks and prohibiting "yo-yo" rigs. .
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Scoping Meetings - October 4th and 5th , 2011
Special Fishery Permit for 2012: State Waters Sea Scallop Dredge Endorsement and Permit Conditions Pertaining to Scallop Dredge Gear and Sea Scallop Trip Limits
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Open Meeting for Public Market Commission's Sub-Committee on Fish and Seafood Scheduled for August 31, 2011
The Public Market Commission Subcommittee on Fish and Seafood is holding an open public meeting on Wednesday, August 31 at 3:30 at 100 Cambridge Street, Conference Room B, 2nd floor in Boston, MA.
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Notice of public hearings - May 31, 2011
Massachusetts public hearings on codifying emergency regulations and clarifying certain sections of the CMR.
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Notice of public meetings - March 15 and 16, 2011
Massachusetts public meetings on Commercial Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Fluke Management, Recreational Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Fluke Management and Winter and Spring Cod Conservation Zone Closures.
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Notice of Massachusetts ASMFC public hearing - February 10, 2011
- Draft Addendum VI to the Tautog FMP |
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Notice of public hearing - January 13, 2011 Atlantic coastal states from Massachusetts through Virginia have scheduled their hearings to gather public comment on Draft Addendum VI to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Tautog
Massachusetts ASMFC hearing on Atlantic Herring.
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Notice of NEFMC/MAFMC scoping hearings - January 4, 10, and 11, 2011
Hearing on monkfish catch share management.
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Notice of public hearings - December 8 and 15, 2010
Massachusetts hearings on Recreational Saltwater Fishing Permit.
- Draft Regulations
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Notice of public hearings - September 27 and 28, 2010
Massachusetts hearing on multi-species groundfish and aquaculture raised shellfish. |
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Notice of Massachusetts ASMFC public hearing - August 16, 2010
- Draft Addendum II to Amendment 6 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass |
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Notice of public hearing - May 10, 2010
Massachusetts hearing on Black Sea Bass, Scup, Summer Flounder, Coastal Sharks, and Weakfish. |
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Notice of ASMFC public hearing - January 8th, 2010
- Draft Addendum XVI to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster |
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Notice of public hearings - January 19, 2010
Massachusetts hearing on Horseshoe Crab regulations. |
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Notice of ASMFC public hearing - September 30th, 2009
-Draft Addendum XV to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster (Start Time: 4:30 pm)
-Draft Addendum XX to the Fishery Management Plan for Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass (Immediately following the Lobster Plan session)
-Draft Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Shad & River Herring (American Shad Management) (Start Time: 7 pm)
-Draft Addendum II to Amendment 6 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass (Immediately following shad & river herring session)
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Notice of public hearings - August 24th, 25th, & 26th, 2009
Massachusetts hearing on Winter Flounder, Commercial Lobster, Rainbow Smelt, Coastal Sharks, Blue Crabs, and Gillnet clarification. |
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Notice of public hearing - June 2, 2009
Massachusetts hearing on Black Sea Bass, Summer Flounder (Fluke), and Scup rules. |
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Notice of public hearing - June 2, 2009
Massachusetts hearing on Witch Flounder and Haddock. |
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Notice of public hearing - May 11, 2009
Massachusetts has scheduled a hearing to gather public comment on a Spring Cod Conservation Zone (322 CMR 8.15). |
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Notice of public hearing - April 23, 2009
ASMFC hearing to gather public comment on Draft Addendum I to Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Inshore Stocks of Winter Flounder. |
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Notice of public comment period - Spiny Dogfish
Massachusetts public comment period on spiny dogfish. |
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Notice of public hearing - March 25, 2009
Massachusetts has scheduled a hearing to gather public comment on Draft Addendum XIV to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster. |
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Notice of public hearing - March 23, 2009
Massachusetts hearing on Black Sea Bass, Summer Flounder (Fluke), and Scup rules. |
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Notice of public hearing - January 13, 2009
Atlantic coastal states have scheduled their hearings to gather public comment on Draft Addendum I to Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Sea Herring. |
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Notice of public hearings - January 26 & 27, 2009
Massachusetts hearing on pelagic fisheries, for-hire fishing operations, proposals to complement federal rules, trap tag requirements in Outer Cape Cod Lobster Conservation Management Area and spiny dogfish control date. |
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Notice of public hearing - January 6, 2009
Massachusetts hearing on recent emergency action pertaining to Bay Scallops. |
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Notice of public hearings - December 1 & 2, 2008
Hearings to gather public comment on Draft Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for River Herring. |
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Notice of public hearing - September 25, 2008
Massachusetts hearing on Draft Addenda II & III to the Interstate FMP for Spiny Dogfish. |
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Notice of public hearings - September 16, 17 & 18 2008
Hearing to accept comments on DMF proposals
regarding the Cod Conservation Zone, River Herring, and Blue Crabs. |
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Notice of public hearing - July 10, 2008
Hearing to accept comments on DMF proposals
to amend regulations governing the Atlantic sea herring fishery (322 CMR 9.00). |
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Notice of public hearing - June 23, 2008
ASMFC public hearing to gather public comment on the Public Information Document (PID) for Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Shad and River Herring. |
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Notice of public hearing - May 2, 2008
Hearing to accept comments on DMF proposals to enact as final recent emergency regulations governing the horseshoe crab fishery (322 CMR 6.34). |
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Notice of public hearings - April 2, 7, & 8, 2008
Hearings to gather public comment on Draft Addendums XII and XIII to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster. |
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Notice of public hearing - February 19, 2008
Hearing to gather public comment on the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Atlantic Coastal Sharks. |
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Notice of public hearings - February 26 & 27, 2008
Hearing on proposed regulations for management of Fluke, Black Sea Bass, Scup, Monkfish, and hook gear control date. |
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Notice of public hearing - January 8, 2008
Massachusetts hearing to gather public comment on the Public Information Document (PID) for Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Shad and River Herring. |
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Notice of public hearing - October 11, 2007
Hearing
to accept comments on a recent emergency action by DMF to reduce the commercial minimum size for haddock from 19” to 18” (322 CMR 6.03). |
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Notice of public hearing - August 22, 2007
Hearing on Town of West Tisbury’s application to be granted local control Ch 130 ss. 94
of the river herring runs within the borders of the Town. |
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Notice of public hearings - August 27 & 28, 2007
Hearing on proposed regulations for management of American lobster, Weakfish, Loligo Squid, and Smooth Dogfish |
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Notice of public hearing - July 5, 2007
ASMFC hearing on Addendum XIX to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan |
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Notice of public hearing - June 7, 2007
Hearing on proposed regulations for management of Atlantic sea herring |
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Notice of public hearings - May 21, 2007
Hearing on proposed regulations for management of American lobster
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Notice of public hearing - April 23, 2007
ASMFC hearing on Lobster draft addendum XI |
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Notice of public comment period - Until 5 pm on Friday, March 9, 2007
Comment period on proposed measure for the 2007/2008 spiny dogfish fishery in waters under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth, beginning May 1, 2007
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Notice of public hearings - February 26, 2007
Hearing on proposed regulations for management of tautog and flue in waters under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth |
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Notice of public hearings - December 18 and 19, 2006
Hearing on proposed regulations for management of multispecies groundfish species in waters under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth
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Notice of public hearing - September 25, 2006
ASMFC hearing on striped bass draft amendment I |
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Notice of public hearings - September 25 and 26, 2006
ASMFC Hearings on Future Interstate Lobster Plan Amendments, Area 2 Trap Transfer
Reductions, and Area 2-specific V-notch Possession Rule
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Notice of public hearing - June 21, 2006
ASMFC hearing on coastal sharks public information document |
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Notice of public hearing - April 19, 2006
ASMFC Hearing on Lobster draft addendum VIII
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Notice of public hearing - March 28, 2006
Scup, Black Sea Bass, Summer Flounder, Squid |
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Notice of public hearing - February 6 & 7, 2006
Groundfish Endorsement and Reclassification of MarineFisheries Permits into two classes
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Notice of public hearing - January 5, 2006
ASMFC hearing on American Eel Addendum 1 |
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Notice of public hearing - November 9, 2005
Effort Control Plan for Lobster Management Area 2
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Notice of public hearings - October 24 & 25, 2005
pot fisheries, dealer reporting, scup & black sea bass escape vents, outer cape lobster, floating groundline, cod, fluke, scup, tautog, billfish and shellfish |
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Notice of public hearing - October 3, 2005
ASFMC hearing on Lobster Draft Addendum VII
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Notice of public hearing - September 19, 2005
ASFMC hearing on Spiny Dogfish Draft Addendum I |
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Notice of public hearings - September 17 and 19, 2005
ASFMC hearing on Herring Draft Amendment 2
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Notice of public hearing - July 5, 2005
ASFMC hearing on Summer Flounder |
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Notice of public hearing - April 19, 2005
ASFMC hearing on American eel
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Notice of public hearing - March 29, 2005
Commercial striped bass fishery
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Notice of public hearings - March 21 and 22, 2005
Dogfish finning, recreational winter flounder, river herring, sea herring, commercial scup and summer flounder, recreational scup, trawl mesh size for "Squid Season", for-hire recreational fishing
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Notice
of public hearing - December 7th, 2004
ASMFC hearing on Lobster Addendum VI
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Notice
of public hearing - November 29, 2004
Northern Shrimp
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Notice
of public hearing - October 28, 2004
ASMFC Hearing on Addenda XV & XVI to summer flounder, scup
and black sea bass fishery management plan.
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Notice
of public hearings - October 18 & 19, 2004
Whiting fishery, Control date for hook-and-line, longline and
handgear fisheries, striped bass, sea scallops, recreational
black sea bass, Ammendment 13, right whales, lobster, sea herring.
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Notice
of public hearing - July 20, 2004
ASFMC hearing on Amendment 1 to the Winter Flounder FMP
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Notice
of public hearing - May 10, 2004
proposed changes to river herring regulations in the Connecticut
River Watershed.
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Notice
of public hearings - May 3 & 4, 2004
Seafood dealer reporting, recreational lobster, commercial striped
bass, anadromous fish passage, recreational and commercial cod
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Notice
of public hearing - April 12, 2004
a petition by the Marshfield Selectmen to acquire local control
of regulations of that town’s alewife fishery.
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Notice
of public hearing - April 28, 2003
a public petition to ban purse seining for bluefin tuna in Cape
Cod Bay
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Notice
of public hearing - February 18, 2004
Addendum V to the American Lobster Interstate Fishery Management
Plan.
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Notice
of public hearing - January 13, 2003
Addendum XI to Scup Interstate Fishery Management Plan.
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Notice
of public hearing - February 18, 2004
Amendment 2 to the Atlantic Herring Interstate Fishery Management
Plan.
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Notice
of public hearing - November 5, 2003
Draft Ammendment IV to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster.
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Notice
of public hearing - September 24, 2003
DMF proposes an effort control plan in Outer Cape Cod (OCC)
for the commercial lobster fishery to meet the objectives of
the current Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission management
plan under Addendum III to Amendment 3 (322 CMR 7.00).
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Notice
of public hearings - September 22 & 23, 2003
DMF proposes regulatory changes to commercial and recreational
lobster, limited-entry fishery permits, gear rules designed
to protect northern right whales, commercial scup possession
limits, commercial striped bass dealer measures and recreational
haddock regulations (322 CMR 3.00, 6.00, 7.00, 8.00 & 12.00):
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ASMFC
Public Hearing on Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management
Plan for Inshore Stocks of Winter Flounder -
August 7, 2003
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Notice
of public hearings - May 27 & 29, 2003
Accept comments pertaining to a proposed state-wide effort control
plan for the commercial lobster fishery for the fishing year
2004 and beyond
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Notice
of public hearing - April 28, 2003
ASMFC public hearing on draft ammendemnt VIII to the summer
flounder FMP
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Notice
of public hearing - March 26, 2003
ASMFC public hearing on emergency minimum size increase in Area
2 commercial lobster fishery
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Notice
of public hearings - April 14, 16 & 17 2003
April 14 and 16: Lobster, scup and trawl-mesh restrictions
April 17: Striped Bass
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Please note that the first
two hearings will focus on non-striped bass issues in
an attempt to provide a dynamic and focused environment
for discussion of the striped bass proposals. While comments
on all issues will be accepted at any of the hearings,
it is strongly recommended that those wishing to comment
on striped bass attend the public hearing in Braintree
on April 17th. |
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Notice
of public hearing - February 3 & 4, 2003
Sea scallops, weakfish, tautog, scup, black sea bass, lobster
& cod
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Notice
of public hearings - December 5 & 13, 2002
DMF proposes changes to the Northern Shrimp fishery season
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Notice
of public hearing - September 24, 2002
ASMFC public hearing on the draft Amendment 6 to the Interstate
Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Striped Bass.
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Notice
of public hearing - September 4, 2002
DMF proposal to no longer prohibit the landing or possession
of sea herring in Management Area 1A on Fridays; landings shall
be prohibited from 12:01 A.M. Saturday through 11:59 P.M. Sunday.
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Notice
of public hearing - September 3, 2002
ASMFC public hearing on draft Amendment 1 to the Interstate
Fishery Management Plan for northern shrimp.
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Notice
of public hearings - August 12 & 13, 2002
Accept comments on previously enacted groundfish emergency actions
complementing federal rules and Court orders. DMF proposals
to enact commercial fishing gear restrictions and effort limitations
to complement federal actions (322 CMR 8.00). DMF proposals
to amend striped bass regulations (322 CMR 6.07). DMF proposal
to amend lobster regulations (322 CMR 6.31) to exempt non-commercial
lobster permit holders from the trap tag requirement.
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ASMFC
Public Hearing on Draft Interstate Fishery Management Plan for
Spiny Dogfish - July 15, 2002
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March
2002 Hearings
Summer Flounder; Scup; Sea Bass & Lobster |
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