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Public Hearings
Notices
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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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