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2012 DMF Advisories

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December

12/31/12 Emergency Action To Increase Minimum Carapace Size For Lobsters Taken From Lobster Management Area 3 (PDF 155.42 KB)
Director's Declaration: 2012-2013 Northern Shrimp Annual Specifications (PDF 118.68 KB)
DMF to Continue Commercial Fluke Pilot Program for Weekly Trip Limits, Opening January 1, 2013 (PDF 137.88 KB)
Notice of Public Hearings on January 17, 2013: State Waters Flounder and Monkfish, Recreational Groundfish and Declaring Lobster Management Areas (PDF 144.63 KB)
Request for Public Comment: 2012-2013 Northern Shrimp Annual Specifications (PDF 119.38 KB)
12/04/2012 Request for Public Comment: 2012-2013 Northern Shrimp Annual Specifications (PDF 76.09 KB)

November

11/26/12 Gulf of Maine Winter Flounder Commercial Trip Limits Increased (PDF 117.89 KB)
11/21/12 Proposed Shellfish Wet Storage Public Meetings, November 28 & November 29 (PDF 124.65 KB)
11/07/2012 Announcement for Extension of Experimental Short-soak Gillnet Fishery for Spiny Dogfish (PDF 75.71 KB)
11/1/12 Shellfish Opening - Sunrise, November 1 (PDF 58.63 KB)

October

10/30/2012 Atlantic Herring Spawning Closure Extended: Effective October 31, 2012 (PDF 84.8 KB)
10/29/12 Shellfish Closure - All State Waters (PDF 56.12 KB)
2012 Winter II Scup Trip Limit Set At 8,000 lbs (PDF 116.2 KB)
10/04/2012 Menhaden Public Hearing: October 16 (PDF 71.3 KB)

September

Announcement for Experimental October Strike-Net Fishery for Spiny Dogfish (PDF 119.8 KB)
Lesions on Striped Bass in Massachusetts Waters Are Not Mycobacteriosis (PDF 136.88 KB)
Commercial Tautog Fishery to Close Effective Wednesday, October 3 (PDF 138.83 KB)
09/25/2012 Winter Flounder Public Hearing: October 4 (PDF 69.36 KB)
Winter Flounder Public Hearing: October 4 (PDF 144.93 KB)
09/17/2012 Atlantic Herring Spawning Closure: September 21-October 18 (PDF 78.27 KB)
09/17/2012 Northern Shrimp Public Hearing: October 4 (PDF 72.16 KB)
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries In-Lieu Fee Program Grant Announcement - Request for Responses (PDF 153.36 KB)
Atlantic Herring Spawning Closure: September 21 - October 18 2012 (PDF 149.59 KB)
Northern Shrimp Public Hearing: October 4 2012 (PDF 161.43 KB)
Public Comment on Winter II Scup Fishery Trip Limit 8,000 lbs Pert Trip From November 1 - December 31 2012 (PDF 117.96 KB)

August

8/23/12 Commercial Summer Flounder Fishery to close on August 28, 2012 (PDF 133.89 KB)
Reminder of Cape Cod Bay Whiting Area, Fixed Gear Free Zone, and Adjacent Seasonal Groundfish Closures (PDF 162.96 KB)
Patrick Cites Urgency In New Appeal For Federal $$$ For Mass. Fishermen (PDF 124.68 KB)
8/7/12 Commercial Striped Bass Fishery to Close Thursday, August 9, 2012 (PDF 118.55 KB)
8/3/12 Fall 2012 Trawl Survey Locaitons (PDF 3.86 MB)

July

7/17/12 PSP Opening - South Shore (MB1 to MB14) (PDF 85.86 KB)
Occurrence of Skin Lesions on Striped Bass July 2012 (PDF 136.25 KB)
July 2012 Adjusted Days Out Schedule for the Management Area 1A Atlantic Sea Herring Directed Fishery (PDF 171.72 KB)
Summertime Scup Trip Limit Declaration: Trip Limits to Increase to 1,500 lbs on July 11, 2012 (PDF 134.41 KB)
Lobster Gear Marking Bill 2012 (PDF 117.75 KB)
7/9/12 Loligo Squid Incidental Possession Limit in Effect (PDF 115.34 KB)
Commercial Striped Bass Fishery to Open July 12, 2012 and Massachusetts Prohibits the Use of Yo-Yo Rig Gear (PDF 135.34 KB)

June

The Division of Marine Fisheries To Take Public Comment On Increasing the Summer Commercial Scup Trip Limits 2012 (PDF 134.04 KB)
2012 Vibrio Control Plan Rules Effective June 22, 2012 (PDF 137.86 KB)
06/12/2012 ASMFC Lobster Addendum XVIII Public Hearing: June 21 (PDF 71 KB)
06/06/2012 Closure of Commercial Porbeagle Shark Fishery (PDF 68.05 KB)
6/6/12 PSP Opening - Salt Pond (OC6) (PDF 88.58 KB)

May

05/31/2012 Statewide free recreational fishing weekend: June 2 & 3 (PDF 68.1 KB)
5/30/12 PSP Opening - Partial Opening in Nauset System (OC3) (PDF 92.85 KB)
05/25/2012 Clarification on Rules Concerning the Mixing of Commercial and Recreational Fishing during the Same Trip (PDF 70.85 KB)
5/25/12 PSP Closure - MB1 to MB14 (PDF 76.02 KB)
05/24/2012 Notice of ASMFC Public Hearing: Proposed Measures to Address Illegal Striped Bass Harvest (PDF 72 KB)
5/23/12 PSP Opening - Partial Opening in Nauset System (OC2, OC4, OC5) (PDF 120.88 KB)
Commercial Black Sea Bass Fishery to Close Effective Thursday May 24, 2012 (PDF 132.32 KB)
Moratorium on the Issuance of Commercial Black Sea Bass Permit Endorsements May 2012 (PDF 118.64 KB)
2012 Days Out Schedule for the Management Area 1A Atlantic Sea Herring Directed Fishery (PDF 171.18 KB)
May 10, 2012 Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission Business Meeting Delayed Until Noon (PDF 116.98 KB)
MFAC Reviews 2012 Days Out Schedule for the Management Area 1A Atlantic Sea Herring Directed Fishery (PDF 171.76 KB)
Public Meetings Concerning Oyster Fisheries in E. Cape Cod Bay (PDF 139.88 KB)
Notice of Public Hearings: Commercial V-Notch Regulations for Southern New England, Annual Amendments to Recreational Black Sea Bass, Scup and Fluke Rules, and Adjustments to the Recreational Minimum Size and Bag Limit for Gulf of Maine Cod (PDF 144.38 KB)
05/01/2012 Loligo Squid Possession Limit (PDF 115.48 KB)

April

Commercial Spring Tautog Fishery to Close Effective Tuesday, May 1 2012 (PDF 132.92 KB)
2012 Loligo Squid Possession Limit: Implementation of Incidental Trip Limit (PDF 114.73 KB)
4/5/12 Notice to Fishermen and Dealers: 2012 Commercial Horseshoe Crab Rules (PDF 75.62 KB)
Notice of Public Comment Period: Director's Declaration of Annual Spiny Dogfish Specifications (PDF 141.75 KB)
Right Whale Advisory Lifted Around Race Point (PDF 133.37 KB)
Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission to Vote on 2012/2013 Commercial Spiny Dogfish Trip Limit Specifications (PDF 118.01 KB)
Division of Marine Fisheries Declares a 3,000 LB. Commercial Spiny Dogfish Trip Limit Specification for the 2012/2013 Season (PDF 135.02 KB)

March

High Risk Area for Right Whales Around Provincetown (PDF 162.54 KB)
3/16/12 Public Meetings: Whelk (Conch) Fishery and Management March 23, 2012 and March 27, 2012 (PDF 139.57 KB)
3/15/12 May and June Commercial Horseshoe Crab Spawning Closures (PDF 67.4 KB)
2012 Recreational Regulations for Black Sea Bass, Scup and Fluke (PDF 120.05 KB)
3/7/12 PSP Closure - All Shellfish in Nauset System (OC2 - OC6) (PDF 103.59 KB)
2012 Regulations for Recreational Gulf of Maine Cod (PDF 119.53 KB)
River Herring Moratorium Renewed (PDF 116.23 KB)

February

02/28/2012 Massachusetts saltwater angler permit survey (PDF 70.51 KB)
02/28/2012 Massachusetts saltwater angler permit survey* (PDF 70.92 KB)
2012 Massachusetts Saltwater Angler Permit Survey (PDF 137.01 KB)
Atlantic Sea Herring Management Area 1B and 2 Directed Fishery Closures (PDF 116.71 KB)
2011/2012 Northern Shrimp Fishery Closure (PDF 131.76 KB)
2012 Period I Summer Flounder (Fluke) Trip Limit to be Lowered to 100 lbs on Sunday, February 19, 2012 (PDF 117.67 KB)

January

01/17/2012 Shellfish planting guidelines released (PDF 69.4 KB)
01/03/2012 Applications sought for New England Fishery Management Council (PDF 69.02 KB)
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