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2002 - Volume 22

First Quarter, January - March(dmfnq102.pdf, 742KB) (PDF file)

  1. Federal Judge Seeks Groundfish Remedy
  2. Massachusetts Recreational Fisheries News
  3. Massachusetts Saltwater Fishing Derby 2001 Awards
  4. Anadromous Fish Program Update
  5. Merrimack River Fish Monitoring
  6. New Permit Required for party, charter, and guide boats
  7. Trawl Gear Testing Project 2002: Science and Industry working hand in hand
  8. DMF's new 24-hour phone system for fish quotas & closures
  9. Comings...and Goings...DMF loses 271 Years of Professional Experience to Early Retirements
  10. Contents for Rules Update including Public Hearings, Regulatory Update, and Marine Fisheries Commission Update

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2001 - Volume 21

Third and Fourth Quarters, July - December(3055_dmf.pdf, 674KB) (PDF file)

  1. Lobster Management Changes Due in 2002.
  2. Lobstermen and Gillnetters Face New Proposals to Reduce Whale Entanglements.
  3. English Beachcomber Finds Increasing Amounts of MA Fishing Gear.
  4. More Restrictions Planned to Rebuild Cod in the Gulf of Maine.
  5. New Sea Herring Proposals.
  6. Contents for Rules Update including Public Hearings, Regulatory Update, and Marine Fisheries Commission Update.

Second Quarter, April - June(dmfnq201.pdf, 586KB) (PDF file)

  1. Black Sea Bass on the Rise but Allocation Controversies lie ahead.
  2. Recovery Commision Hears Good News.
  3. Work Continues to Improve Commercial Fishing Gear.
  4. Cape Cod Bay Right Whale Update.
  5. Shark Tracking: DMF and Collaborators Break New Ground.
  6. Contents for Rules Update including Public Hearings, Regulatory Update, and Marine Fisheries Commission Update.

First Quarter, January - March(dmfnq101.pdf, 1479KB) (PDF file)

  1. DMF Sets New Course, by Director Diodati
  2. Dogfish Debate Continues.
  3. Striped Bass Tagging at 10-Year High.
  4. DMF & MMCS Scup Bycatch Reduction Investigations Continue.
  5. Public Petitions and State Fisheries Management.
  6. Comings...and Goings...
  7. Contents for Rules Update including Public Hearings, Regulatory Update, and Marine Fisheries Commission Update

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2000 - Volume 20

Third and Fourth Quarters, July - December(dmfnq300.pdf, 761KB) (PDF file)

  1. DMF Studies Scaled Back Dogfish Fishery
  2. DMF Biologist Joins NMFS & Fishermen in Monkfish Survey on the Edge of the Continental Shelf.
  3. New Bass Assessment Reverse's last year's "Overfished" Status.
  4. DMF's Arne Carr Recognized as "Environmental Hero"
  5. Conservation Engineering Program Awarded $300,000 for Gear Research.
  6. Update on Horseshoe Crab Management.
  7. New Sport Fish Piers on Wareham River
  8. Shellfish Biologist Lynn Sherwood Leaves DMF for Teaching Career.
  9. DMF's Boston Headquarters has Arrived!
  10. Annual Right Whale Surveillance and Monitoring Report(rwhale00.pdf, 4,133 KB) (PDF file) for 2000 has been released.
  11. Contents for Rules Update including Public Hearings, Regulatory Update, and Marine Fisheries Commission Update

Second Quarter, April - June(dmfnq200.pdf, 694KB) (PDF file)

  1. DMF Survey Identifies Juvenile Cod Habitat
  2. Year 2000 Sportfish Program Guide & Circle-Hook Brochure
  3. Responsible Fishing: DMF's Gear Expert and New England Fishermen go Global
  4. Strong River Herring Runs Reported for Spring 2000
  5. Quota Management Rules Complicate Business Plans of Inshore Commercial Fishermen
  6. Fluke Fishery Quota to be Cut
  7. Massachusetts Lobstermen, State Officials & IFAW Tackle Ghost Gear Problem
  8. ASMFC Peer Review Report Delivered on Lobster Stock Assessment
  9. DMF's Boston Headquarters is on the Move!
  10. Contents for Rules Update including Public Hearings, Regulatory Update, and Marine Fisheries Commission Update

First Quarter, January - March(dmfnq100.pdf, 904KB) (PDF file)

  1. Paul Diodati appointed as new DMF Director
  2. Phil Coates Farewell
  3. Dr. Stephen Clark receives 1999 Belding Award
  4. Regional plan for horseshoe crab conservation
  5. New focus for DMF's Power Plant Investigations Project
  6. Scup Management: Summer 2000
  7. Ghost Gear Removal
  8. Raised Footrope Trawl Catches Rising Squid
  9. Contents for Rules Update including Public Hearings and Regulatory Update

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1999 - Volume 19

Third & Fourth Quarters, July - December(dmfnq499.pdf, 941KB) (PDF file)

  1. SPORT: New Automated Licensing Program is Here
  2. ASMFC to Reduce Bass Fishing in 2000
  3. DMF Champions Whiting Fishery Opening
  4. Northern Shrimp Stock Continues to Decline
  5. Scup Y2K: NMFS & Council trying to solve offshore discards
  6. Menhaden Managment Changes Coming...
  7. Right Whale Update
  8. Jones River smelt spawning habitat enhancement and restorationt
  9. DMF challenges Councils' plan to end all dogfishing
  10. Update on the Seizure of F/V NANA MOLLY by Environmental Police
  11. Comings and Goings....
  12. Environmental watchdog Leigh Bridges retires
  13. Contents for Rules Update including Public Hearings and Regulatory Update

Second Quarter, April - June(dmfnq299.pdf, 680KB) (PDF file)

  1. DMF and Orvis Co. Purchase Access Lands on Sandwich's Scorton Creek
  2. River Restore Program Targets Dam Removals for Fish Restoration
  3. DMF Honors Saltwater Derby Winners
  4. Fishermen & Scientists Find Gulf of Maine Cod Concentrated in Mass. Bay
  5. DMF & CMAST Propose Strategic Plan for Fisheries Research
  6. Right Whales: DMF & CCS Completes Second Annual Bay Surveillance Program
  7. Right Whale Staccato, 1969(?) - 1999
  8. Massachusetts' Striped Bass Recreational Fishery #1 on East Coast
  9. 1999 Sportfishing Guide and Poster now available
  10. Contents for Rules Update including Public Hearings, Regulatory Updates, and notice on E.P.O. Bob Chausse being honored

First Quarter, January - March(dmfnq199.pdf, 369KB) (PDF file)

  1. Can the Inshore Fleet Survive Gulf of Maine Cod Closures?
  2. Bass Advisory Panel Recommends Changes
  3. Environmental Police Prepare for "Glass Eel" Poaching Season
  4. 1998 Belding Award Presented to Dr. Stormy Mayo
  5. Be on the lookout for tagged winter flounder
  6. Best Wishes to John Phillips
  7. DMF welcomes new Secretary and Commissioner
  8. DMF's Views on Swordfish Proposals
  9. Contents for Rules Update including Public Hearings, Regulatory Updates, and Court Update on Scup Appeal

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1998 - Volume 18

Fourth Quarter, October - December(dmfnq498.pdf, 493KB) (PDF file)

  1. Spiny Dogfish Management: More than Meets the Eye
  2. New State Record for Atlantic Halibut Recognized
  3. Merrimack River Game Plan: Reduce Salmon Stocking
  4. Acoustic "Pingers" on Gillnets Required to Protect Porpoise
  5. Disentanglement II: Sequel...Right Whale #2212 gets re-entangled
  6. New Rules Require Traps to be Tagged
  7. A Poor Prognosis for the 1999 Northern Shrimp Season
  8. Scup Update: ASMFC Rules Massachusetts out of Compliance
  9. From the Director: It's Time to Re-establish Striped Bass Angling in Federal Waters
  10. Table of Contents for Rules Update including Public Hearings, Regulatory Updates, and Legislative Updates

Third Quarter, July - September

  1. Governor Cellucci Signs New Law to Protect Egg-Bearing Lobsters
  2. High-tech tags reveal tuna travels
  3. Entangled right whale freed in Cape Cod Bay
  4. Fresh Fish Display Auctions Key to Massachusetts' Seafood Future
  5. Shellfish monitoring improved for Boston Harbor Cleanup
  6. Sportfish Program Guide Available
  7. Table of Contents for Rules Update including Public Hearings, Regulatory Updates, Legislative Updates, and Scup UPDATE: Judge's decision explained & ASMFC votes Massachusetts "out of compliance"

Second Quarter, April - June

  1. Scup Lawsuit: Federal Judge Rules in Favor of DMF
  2. Right Whale Lawsuit Sent to Supreme Court
  3. Better Statistics...Better Management
  4. Jones River Collaborative Efforts
  5. Belding Award Given to Bob Pond
  6. Mass. Marine Fisheries Commission Welcomes Two New Members
  7. DMF Goes International with the Raised Footrope Trawl
  8. Underwater Videos Reveal Fish and Net Behaviors
  9. DMF Releases '98 Sportfish Guide
  10. Contents for Rules Update including Public Hearings, Regulatory Updates, and Legislative Updates

First Quarter, January - March

  1. Looking for Whales in All the Right Places
  2. Fishery Council Nominations
  3. Acusnet River Estuary PCB Fisheries Closures
  4. Polychlorinated biphenyls
  5. FDA tolerance level and seafood safety
  6. Watch for Tagged Winter Flounder (Blackback)
  7. ASMFC Lobster Plan Approved - New era of lobster management is upon us
  8. Environmental Police patrol vessel re-christened
  9. DMF and NE Aquarium win grant to study groundfish longlining
  10. Contents for Rules Update including Public Hearings, Regulatory Updates, and changes to the state's right whale plan

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1997 - Volume 17

Fourth Quarter, October - December

  1. Quest for Reliable Fisheries Statistics
  2. Coastal Fishery Data Collection Program Nearing Final Phase
  3. Photo Opportunity - for the 1998 Saltwater Sportfish Guide
  4. Estimating Recreational Fisheries Catch
  5. DMF Oversees New Phytoplankton Monitoring Program
  6. Summer Flounder Quota % Shares Unchanged
  7. Few Changes for Striped Bass 1998 Regulations
  8. New Ladders for Mashpee & Three Mile Rivers
  9. Contents for Rules Update including Public Hearings, Regulatory and Legislative Updates

Third Quarter, July - September

  1. Commonwealth Sues on Scup
  2. Saving Whales - One at a Time
  3. Federal Rules to Reduce Whale Mortalities Announced
  4. New Lobster Rules on Horizon (ASMFC)
  5. DMF Research Published
  6. "Schoolie" Stripers Diagnosed With Lymphocystis
  7. Groundfish Update: Are We There Yet?
  8. Catch and Release Survivorship Studies on Big-Game Fishes
  9. Contents for Rules Update including Public Hearings, Regulatory Updates, and Legislative Updates

Second Quarter, May - June

  1. DMF Honors Saltwater Derby Winners
  2. 1996 Saltwater Derby Winners
  3. Big Gamefish Tournament Monitoring and Upcoming 1997 Tournaments
  4. Marine Resource Inventory in Salem Sound
  5. Sport Fish Restoration
  6. DMF Releases '97 Sportfish Guide
  7. Striped bass Bioenergetics and Modelling
  8. Search for a Better Hook
  9. DMF Builds new Middleboro Fish Ladder
  10. Parker River Fishway Stewardship
  11. Contents for Rules Update including Public Hearings, Regulatory Updates, Q & A on Commercial Striped Bass Fishing, and Fluke Quota in 1998

First Quarter, January - March

  1. State Presents Plan to Reduce Entanglement Risk of Right Whales
  2. Mass. Environmental Trust Funds Right Whale Research
  3. Attention all Fishermen - be on the Lookout for Tagged Winter Flounder (Blackback)
  4. Striped Bass Management Update for 1997
  5. A Buzzards Bay Reef - By Design
  6. DMF Shelves Licensing Talks
  7. A Saltwater Fishing License? by Tony Tolentino
  8. Governor Approves Conservation Engineering Grant
  9. Belding Award given to Provincetown Captain
  10. Regulations Update

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1996

Fourth Quarter, October - December

  1. Court Orders Additional Right Whale Protection Measures
  2. Tracking the Bluefin Tuna: Scientists team up with fishermen
  3. Great White Shark Landed in Beverly
  4. Photo Opportunity
  5. New Whiting Net Breathes Life into Provincetown
  6. Massachusetts hosts ASMFC Annual Meeting
  7. European Oysters: Harmful invader or potential new fishery on the North Shore?
  8. Comings and Goings...
  9. Regulations Update

Third Quarter, July - September

  1. Petition to Ban Sale of Striped Bass Rejected
  2. Sportfisheries Program News
  3. Making a Splash! Campaign
  4. Scup Quotas, DMF Raises Concerns on Proposals
  5. Lobster News, Including; New Laws, Egg Removal Detection, Record $Value in 1995, Stock Assessment
  6. Ph.D. on PCB's: Seafood Safety Policy and Guidance
  7. Regulations Update

Second Quarter, April - June

  1. Striped Bass; Hearings, Profile on Commercial Fishery, Statistics
  2. Making A Splash! Campaign, Massachusetts Governor's Seafood Task Force
  3. Sea Herring IWP's
  4. Lobster Project
  5. Right Whale; Judges Ruling and Massachusetts Actions
  6. Tuna Rules
  7. Regulations Update

First Quarter, January - March

  1. State to Promote Aquaculture
  2. Striped Bass Gamefish Petition
  3. Striped Bass on Winter Menus
  4. Teacher Receives Belding Award
  5. Council Nominees Sought
  6. Flounder Tagging
  7. Regulations Update

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1995

Fourth Quarter, October-December

  1. Bay Scallop Restoration
  2. Saltwater Flyfishing
  3. Undervalued Species Get Attention
  4. Lobster Catch and Value Up in 1994
  5. Regulations Update

Third Quarter, July-September

  1. Groundfish Hearings Scheduled
  2. Request For Natural Disaster Declaration Denied: Appeal Underway
  3. DMF and New England Aquarium to Study Groundfish Longlining
  4. Help Available for Fishermen Considering Career Changes
  5. DMF Black Sea Bass Research to Aid Management
  6. DMF on the Scup Plan: Curtail Discards and Offshore Fishing

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