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Past and Recent Notices...

  • September 24, 2000 - Massachusetts Takes Emergency Action to Close a Portion of Cape Cod Bay Whiting Area to Lobstering from October 1 through October 31, 2000. see notice...(pdf file, 36KB)
  • July 28, 2000 - Massachusetts Scup Commercial Fishery to Close During August 5 through October 31. see notice...(pdf file, 31KB)
  • July 20, 2000 - Massachusetts Black Sea Bass Commercial Fishery to Close During July 27 through September 30 see notice...(pdf file, 31KB)
  • May 1, 2000 - Memorandum from Director Diodati on Shark Research and Management(pdf file, 35KB)
  • May 1, 2000 - Striped Bass Public Meeting for Comment on New Interstate Fishery Management Plan(pdf file, 25KB)
  • April 18, 2000 Massachusetts Commercial Dogfish Rules explained (pdf file, 12KB) also (see 322 CMR 6.35)(pdf file, 8KB)
  • April 14, 2000 Massachusetts Commercial Scup Regulations for 2000. see notice.. (pdf file, 16KB)
  • March 21, 2000 - Massachusetts Striped Bass Size Limit Raised to 30 Inches Go to March, 2000 press releases for full story.
  • Public hearings:
    3 hearings were recently held:
    • Tuesday, March 7, 2000 (6--10 PM) at the Fuller School in Gloucester;
    • Wednesday, March 8, 2000 (6--10 PM) at the Mass Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay,
    • Friday March 10, 2000 (4--8 PM) at the Tisbury Senior Center, Martha's Vineyard.
    For more information, please contact Jeanne Shaw at (617) 626-1531 or Dan McKiernan at (617) 626-1536.
  • September 14, 1999 DMF Comments on Spiny Dogfish Proposed Regulations.
  • August 22, 1999 DMF Comments on Spiny Dogfish Plan.
  • July 9, 1999 Massachusetts commercial scup fishing closure. see notice...
  • December 11, 1998..." The Executive Office of Environmental Affairs and the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Environmental Law Enforcement have released a report entitled: The Massachusetts Fresh Marine Fish Marketplace, A Blueprint for Growth and Stability. This report was completed by a consulting firm at the request of the Massachusetts Seaport Advisory Council" (from the recent third quarter Newsletter, see link below).   Look for the Fish Marketplace Report here (dmfmrk98.pdf, 904KB) PDF file to read it with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader or here to find out more about PDF files and how to get what you need to view the downloaded file.
Date last updated: 11/13/00
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