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Division of Marine Fisheries

2014 DMF Advisories

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December

Northern Shrimp Moratorium Effective January 01, 2015 (PDF 69.21 KB)
NOAA Fisheries Opening of PSP Closed Area and Waved Whelk Fishery (PDF 69.78 KB)
Notice of ASMFC Public Hearing: Fluke Recreational Management - January 08, 2015 (PDF 70.2 KB)
12/23/14 Regulatory Update and Public Meeting Announcement: Massachusetts Trap and Pot Fisheries (PDF 186.85 KB)
12/23/14 Public Meeting to Update Federal Lobster Permit Holders About Trap Allocation Transfer Program (PDF 62.48 KB)
12/23/14 Notice of Public Hearings and Public Comment Period (PDF 81.73 KB)
12/12/14 Notice of Public Comment: Northern Shrimp Closure (PDF 69.21 KB)
12/12/14 Winter Fluke Pilot Program for Weekly Trip Limits To Open January 1, 2015 at 1,000 LBS per Week (PDF 66.76 KB)

November

11/17/14 Applications Sought for New England Fishery Management Council (PDF 62.34 KB)
11/7/14 Republication: Notice of Public Comment Period 2014 Recreational Gulf of Maine Cod Limits (PDF 62.97 KB)
Public Meetings Scheduled to Solicit Industry Feedback Prior to the Development of the 2015 Vibrio Parahaemolyticus Control Plan for Oysters (PDF 103.73 KB)

October

10/24/14 Atlantic Sea Herring Management Area 1A Closure (PDF 62.17 KB)
Notice of Public Hearing: Proposal to Increase Recreational and Commercial Lobster Permit Fees (PDF 31.31 KB)
10/8/14 Days Out Schedule for Atlantic Sea Herring Management Area 1A October 10 - December 31, 2014 (PDF 71.5 KB)
Commercial Tautog Fishery Closed Effective Saturday, October 11, 2014 (PDF 60.14 KB)

September

Notice of Joint ASMFC/MAFMC Scoping Hearing: Summer Flounder - October 2 (PDF 73.4 KB)
09/17/2014 Commercial Summer Flounder Fishery Closed Effective Monday, September 22, 2014 (PDF 69.52 KB)
09/17/2014 Atlantic Sea Herring Spawning Area Closed Effective Sunday, September 21, 2014 (PDF 78.26 KB)
Notice for Public Comment on Scup Limits and Winter II Trip Limits (PDF 69.78 KB)
9/12/14 PSP Opening - Surf Clams (N:1-N:14) (PDF 99.75 KB)
Announcement for Experimental Short-Soak Gillnet Fishery for Spiny Dogfish (PDF 74.04 KB)

August

Notice of ASMFC Public Hearing: Cancer Crab - September 24 (PDF 70.19 KB)
Notice of ASMFC Public Hearings: Striped Bass - September 2, 3, & 4 (PDF 73.05 KB)
Notice for Public Comment on Spiny Dogfish Trip Limit Increase (PDF 71.42 KB)
Notice of ASMFC Public Hearings: Spiny Dogfish - September 2 and 3, 2014 (PDF 71.14 KB)
Notice of Public Hearings: 2014 Recreational Gulf of Maine Cod Limits Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at 5:00 PM (PDF 73.95 KB)

July

Now Available: DMF News for Quarters 1&2 of 2014 (PDF 105.26 KB)
07/18/2014 New Regulations Affecting Recreational Fishermen and For-Hire Operations (PDF 128.05 KB)
7/3/14 PSP Opening (N1-N14) (PDF 43.19 KB)
FINAL NOTICE: Revised Days Out Schedule for Trimester 2 Management Area 1A Atlantic Sea Herring Directed Fishery (PDF 98.89 KB)
7/1/14 PSP Opening - Razor & Softshell Clams (N9 & N10) (PDF 60.52 KB)
Extension of Small Mesh Trawl Fishery South of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket (PDF 133.78 KB)

June

Groundfish Disaster Spending Plan Public Meetings (PDF 12.68 KB)
6/19/14 PSP Opening - Razor & Softshell Clams (N4 & N7) (PDF 61.99 KB)
ASMFC Public Hearing on American Eel Management: July 1 (PDF 68.82 KB)
06/06/2014: New fish pot and conch trap regulations in effect (PDF 68.83 KB)
6/4/14 PSP Closure - (N:1, N:3-N:14) (PDF 65.99 KB)
6/2/14 PSP Closure - Blue Mussels (N:1-N:14) (PDF 60.62 KB)

May

05/23/2014 New Winter Flounder Regulations (PDF 69.17 KB)
Notice of Public Hearings Scheduled for June 18, 2014 (PDF 65.95 KB)
5/1/14 Director_s Declares 4,000 lb 2014/2015 Spiny Dogfish Trip Limit (PDF 59.67 KB)

April

Commercial Sale of Striped Bass Caught During For-Hire Trips (PDF 83.65 KB)
Gulf of Maine Recreational Cod and Haddock Rules (PDF 76.23 KB)
Notice of Public Comment: 2014/2015 Spiny Dogfish Trip Limit Specifications (PDF 137.71 KB)
4/15/14 2014 Horseshoe Crab Spawning Closure Dates (PDF 146.17 KB)
4/11/14 2014 Vibrio Control Plan Compliance Workshop (PDF 60.16 KB)
4/4/14 Shellfish Opening: BB1-BB12, BB14, BB16-BB50 (PDF 60.56 KB)
Shellfish Closure: BB1-BB50 (PDF 96.29 KB)

March

3/17/14 2014 Massachusetts Recreational Fluke, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Limits Approved by ASMFC (PDF 65.64 KB)
3/10/14 New Commercial Striped Bass Regulations for 2014 (PDF 179.58 KB)

February

2/4/14 Notice of Public Hearing Scheduled for February 18, 2014 (PDF 64.57 KB)

January

1/27/14 Notice of Public Hearings Scheduled for February 18 and 19, 2014 (PDF 65.42 KB)
1/17/14 Notice of Public Hearings Scheduled for 2/11/14 and 2/12/14 (PDF 79.05 KB)
Notice of Public Hearings Scheduled for Wednesday, January 29, 2014 (PDF 145.73 KB)
ASMFC Public Hearing on 2014 Fluke and Black Sea Bass Recreational Fisheries (PDF 74.02 KB)
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