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December

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

November

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

October

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

September

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

August

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

July

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

June

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

May

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

April

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

March

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

February

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

January

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

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