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MarineFisheries Advisories
Commercial Striped Bass Fishery to Close Wednesday, September 10, 2008
"Current landings and dealer reporting information indicates that the Commonwealth's annual striped bass commercial quota (1,107,828 lbs) for 2008 will be reached by Tuesday, September 9..." [September 3, 2008]
Commercial Bluefish Fishery to Close Saturday, September 6, 2008
"Current landings and dealer reporting information indicates that the Commonwealth's annual bluefish commercial quota (516,619 lbs) for 2008 will be reached by Friday, September 5..." [September 3, 2008]
Sea Herring Days-Out in Management Area 1A During September
"At an August 28th meeting of the Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine delegations of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Herring Section, the following measures were agreed upon for the sea herring fishery in Management Area 1A..." [September 2, 2008]
Reminder of Spiny Dogfish Limit Increase & Opening of Fall Tautog Commercial Fishery
"Beginning Septembr 1, 2008 the spiny dogfish daily limit shall be 2,000-lbs. and will remain in until MarineFisheries determines that 58% of the annual ASMFC approved regional quota of 8-million lbs. has been reached..." [August 29, 2008]
Buzzards Bay Shellfish Opening (BB:5, 7, 10, 11, 14, 16-22)
"In accordance with Chapter 130, section 74A of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Division of Marine Fisheries has determined that areas BB:5, 7, 10, 11, 14 and 16 through 22 in Buzzards Bay..." [August 22, 2008]
PSP Opening - Whole Sea Scallops in Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays
"The Division of Marine Fisheries has determined that whole Sea scallops from areas areas MB:1 through MB:12 and CCB:38 to CCB:41 and CCB:48 and CCB:51 in Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod Bay defined below no longer contain biotoxins (Paralytic Shellfish Poison-(PSP)) from the phytoplankton Alexandrium (spp.) in excess of established standards..." [August 21, 2008]

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