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2008 DMF Advisories

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December

12/31/08 Notice of Public Hearings - January 26 & 27, 2009 (PDF 259.15 KB)
12/31/08 2009 Days-Out Specifications in Sea Herring Management Area 1A (PDF 146.59 KB)
12/05/08 Applications Sought for New England Fishery Management Council (PDF 159.59 KB)
12/05/08 Notice of Public Hearing - Bay Scallops (PDF 160.53 KB)

November

11/28/08 2008/2009 Northern Shrimp Season Set at 180 Days - December 1st - May 29th (PDF 158.63 KB)
11/25/08 2008 Commercial Scup Fishery Closed (PDF 156.76 KB)
11/13/08 Atlantic Sea Herring Closure in Management Area 1A, 2,000 LB. Possession Limit in Effect Friday, November 14th (PDF 117.7 KB)

October

10/24/08 MFC Approves Continued CCZ Closure & River Herring Moratorium As Well As Blue Crab Possession Limit (PDF 211.76 KB)
10/09/08 Commercial Tautog Fishery to Close Saturday, October 11 (PDF 159.07 KB)
10/03/08 2,000-LB. Commercial Scup Trip Limit Set For 2008 Winter II Fishing Period (PDF 92.86 KB)

September

9/26/08 Sea Herring Days-Out In Management Area 1A During September - November (PDF 196.67 KB)
9/09/08 Notice of Public Hearing - Draft Addenda II & II to the Interstate FMP for Spiny Dogfish (PDF 166.09 KB)
9/03/08 Commercial Striped Bass Fishery to Close Wednesday, September 10, 2008 (PDF 157.09 KB)
9/03/08 Commercial Bluefish Fishery to Close Saturday, September 6, 2008 (PDF 157.19 KB)
9/02/08 Sea Herring Days-Out in Management Area 1A During September (PDF 195.41 KB)

August

8/29/08 Reminder of Spiny Dogfish Limit Increase & Opening of Fall Tautog Commercial Fishery (PDF 93.18 KB)
8/22/08 Buzzards Bay Shellfish Opening (BB:5, 7, 10, 11, 14, 16-22) (PDF 218.67 KB)
8/21/08 State Spiny Dogfish Fishery Remains Open After Federal Period 1 Fishery Closes (PDF 159.59 KB)
8/21/08 PSP Opening - Whole Sea Scallops in Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays (PDF 221.94 KB)
8/21/08 PSP Opening - Shellfish in the Nantucket Area (PDF 168.41 KB)
8/21/08 Buzzards Bay Shellfish Opening (BB:13 and BB:15) (PDF 221.71 KB)
8/19/08 Westport River Shellfish Opening (BB:3 and BB:4) (PDF 211.29 KB)
8/18/08 Notice of Public Hearings Scheduled for September 16, 17 & 18 2008 - Cod Conservation Zone, River Herring, Blue Crabs (PDF 97.72 KB)
8/16/08 PSP Opening - Mussels, Softshell & Razor Clams from Gloucester to Cohasset (PDF 224.87 KB)
8/15/08 Notice of Public Comment Period - Winter II Scup (PDF 93.78 KB)
8/14/08 Closure of 2008 Commercial Black Sea Bass Fishery Effective 001 Hours Tuesday, August 19th (PDF 92.72 KB)
8/13/08 Westport River Rainfall Closure (BB:3 and BB:4) (PDF 161.4 KB)
8/12/08 Buzzards Bay Rainfall Closure (BB:5 to BB:22) (PDF 162.82 KB)
8/08/08 Commercial Scup Fishery to Close After Thursday, August 14th (PDF 159.42 KB)
8/06/08 Commercial Haddock Minimum Size Increases to 19" Effective Monday, August 11th (PDF 207.21 KB)

July

7/31/08 Commercial Fluke Fishery to Close Tuesday, August 5th - Landings Permitted Until 8 PM on Tuesday, August 5th (PDF 156.53 KB)
7/28/08 PSP Opening - Razor Clams from NH to Gloucester (PDF 165.57 KB)
7/23/08 PSP Opening - Bivalve Shellfish from Chatham Harbor North and Salt Pond, Eastham (PDF 165.73 KB)
7/21/08 Fall Resource Assessment Trawl Survey to begin September 2 - MarineFisheries Requests Fishermen Cooperation (PDF 662.4 KB)
7/14/08 Loligo Squid Trawl Fishery Subject to 2,500-LB Trip Limit Effective July 17th (PDF 93 KB)
7/11/08 PSP Opening - Bivalve Shellfish from a Portion of Pleasant Bay (PDF 166.56 KB)
7/09/08 PSP Opening - Blue Mussels and Softshell Clams from NH to Manchester (PDF 165.47 KB)
7/09/08 PSP Opening - Softshell Clams from Greater Boston Harbor (PDF 164.74 KB)
7/09/08 NOAA Fisheries Amends Prohibition on Shellfish Harvest From Federal Waters Due to Red Tide - Closure Area Expanded (PDF 204.98 KB)
7/05/08 Horseshoe Crab Fishery to Remain Open - Scheduled July 7th Closure Not to Go Into Effect Due to Unmet Quota to Date (PDF 147.03 KB)
7/03/08 PSP Opening - Soft-Shelled Clams and Blue Mussels Only in N4, N5, and N9 (PDF 165.94 KB)
7/02/08 PSP Opening - Bivalve Shellfish from a Portion of the Nauset System (PDF 167.21 KB)
7/01/08 PSP Opening - Mussels in Pleasant Bay (PDF 164.73 KB)

June

6/27/08 PSP Opening - Softshell Clams in Essex Bay (N7) (PDF 165.01 KB)
6/26/08 PSP Opening - Mussels Only in Nauset System (OC2-OC6) (PDF 166.74 KB)
6/26/08 PSP Closure - Surf Clams, Ocean Quahogs, Whole Sea Scallops and Carnivorous Moon Snails from SC47, NS1, NS2, OC1, NT7 and NT8 (PDF 98.93 KB)
6/20/08 PSP Closure - All Shellfish from Pleasant Bay (PDF 161.69 KB)
6/20/08 MarineFisheries Enacts Final Rules for Horseshoe Crab Fishery (PDF 218.42 KB)
6/20/08 DMF Prohibits the Taking & Landing of Certain Shellfish From Federal Waters Adjacent to the Commonwealth (PDF 132.86 KB)
6/18/08 PSP Closure - Blue Mussels from Pleasant Bay (PDF 162.65 KB)
6/16/08 Clarification of Recreational Scup Fishery Limits Aboard Private Vessels (PDF 92.63 KB)
6/12/08 PSP Closure - All Areas from NH Border to Sandwich except CCB:42 through CCB:47 (PDF 222.46 KB)
6/09/08 Reminder of Addendum XI Lobster Rules Going Into Effect July 1st (PDF 183.75 KB)
6/02/08 Notice of Public Hearing Scheduled for July 10, 2008 - Atlantic Sea Herring (PDF 95.76 KB)

May

5/30/08 MarineFisheries to Host ASMFC Hearing on Shad Public Information Document (PDF 166.52 KB)
5/30/08 2007 Trap Tags Extended Through June 30 - 2008 Trap Tags Required by July 1 (PDF 159.22 KB)
5/30/08 Reminder of 2008 Sea Herring Restrictions in Management Area 1A (PDF 102.46 KB)
5/27/08 Clarification of Buoy Marking Requirements for Non-Commercial Lobster Permit Holders (PDF 160.74 KB)
5/23/08 Commercial Black Sea Bass Season Closed for the Period May 29th Through July 31st (PDF 87.76 KB)
5/22/08 PSP Closure - All Shellfish from Hull to Sandwich (except CCB:42 through CCB:47) (PDF 221.78 KB)
5/21/08 PSP Closure - All Shellfish from N:15 to N:24 and MB:14 (PDF 161.85 KB)
5/20/08 PSP Closure - Mussels, Surf Clams, Carnivorous Snails and Whole Sea Scallops from a Portion of the Massachusetts South Shore (PDF 163.5 KB)
5/19/08 Spiny Dogfish Shark Forum (PDF 97.19 KB)
5/19/08 Clarification of Scup Limit Aboard Private Recreational Vessels (PDF 80.35 KB)
5/15/08 PSP Closure - All Shellfish from New Hampshire to Gloucester (PDF 161.65 KB)
5/14/08 PSP Closure - Shellfish in Nauset System (OC2-OC6) (PDF 163.01 KB)
5/09/08 PSP Closure - Shellfish in Nauset System (OC2-OC6) (PDF 88.51 KB)
5/07/08 Right Whale Mariner Advisory Lifted - Aggregation Departs Cape Cod Bay (PDF 255.03 KB)
5/05/08 Commercial Spring Tautog Fishery To Close Effective Immediately (PDF 93.31 KB)

April

4/30/08 4th Annual "Herring Bucket Brigade" (PDF 165.42 KB)
4/28/08 MarineFisheries Seeks Public Assistance to Identify Horseshoe Crab Spawning Beaches (PDF 94.34 KB)
4/24/08 PSP Closure - All shellfish from portions of the Nauset system (PDF 161.52 KB)
4/14/08 Expanded High Risk Area for Right Whales - Advisory to Mariners Replaces April 11th Notice (PDF 249.8 KB)
4/11/08 Revised Proposals for Groundfish Assistance Program Posted (PDF 161.71 KB)
4/11/08 2008 Days-Out Specifications in Sea Herring Management Area 1A (PDF 97.7 KB)
4/11/08 Aggregation of Right Whales Around Tip of Cape Cod - Advisory to Mariners (PDF 246.56 KB)
4/03/08 MFC Approves Regulatory Changes for 2008 - Comm. Black Sea Bass, Scup & Fluke, Rec. Scup, Comm. Monkfish & Hook Gear Control Date (PDF 188.52 KB)
4/01/08 MarineFisheries Takes Action to Constrain Growth in 2008 Horseshoe Crab Bait Fishery (PDF 221.42 KB)
4/01/08 Notice of Public Hearing Scheduled for May 2, 2008 - Horseshoe Crab (PDF 80.2 KB)

March

3/21/08 Public Meetings on Groundfish Assistance Program - April 1st, 2nd & 3rd (PDF 162.81 KB)
3/12/08 Commercial Scup Trip Limit to Drop to 1,000-Lbs. on March 16th (PDF 93.09 KB)
3/05/08 MA Schedules Hearings on ASMFC Draft Lobster Addenda (PDF 92.9 KB)
3/03/08 Spring Resource Assessment Tows to Begin May 5 - MarineFisheries Requests Fishermen Cooperation (PDF 656.84 KB)

February

2/15/08 Delay in Mailing of Non-Commercial Lobster Permit Renewal (PDF 92.74 KB)
2/14/08 Latest DMF News Available Online - Public Hearings Scheduled for February 26th & 27th (PDF 87.18 KB)

January

1/29/08 State Schedules Hearing on Draft FMP for Atlantic Coastal Sharks - February 19, 2008 (PDF 173.84 KB)
11/28/08 2008/2009 Northern Shrimp Season Set at 180 Days - December 1st - May 29th (PDF 158.63 KB)
1/28/08 MFC Approves 2008/2009 Spiny Dogfish Specifications (PDF 157.51 KB)
1/24/08 30,000-Lb. Commercial Scup Trip Limit Set For 2008 Winter I Fishing Period (PDF 92.55 KB)
1/23/08 Applications Sought for New England Fishery Management Council (PDF 85 KB)
1/18/08 Notice of Public Hearings Scheduled for February 26 & 27, 2008 (PDF 161.58 KB)
1/18/08 Reminder to Lobstermen to Comply With Outer Cape Cod Mandatory Haul-Out Period and the Cape Cod Bay Critical Habitat Rules (PDF 345.03 KB)
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