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2017 DMF Advisories

DMF Advisories provide official announcements of updates to permits, public hearings, opening & closing of fishing seasons and other important news.

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December

Open PDF file, 127.26 KB,  12/29/17: Atlantic Sea Herring Research Set-Aside Program for Management Area 1A (English, PDF 127.26 KB)
Open PDF file, 147.07 KB,  12/28/17: ASMFC Public Hearings & Comment Period on Recreational Black Sea Bass (English, PDF 147.07 KB)
Open PDF file, 183.15 KB,  12/22/17: Request for Participant: 2018 Northern Shrimp RSA/Cooperative Winter Sampling Program - Massachusetts (English, PDF 183.15 KB)
Open PDF file, 70.26 KB,  12/20/17: 2018 Winter I Scup Limits (English, PDF 70.26 KB)
Open PDF file, 135.24 KB,  12/19/17: Trimester 3 Landing Days Adjustment for Management Area 1A Sea Herring Fishery (English, PDF 135.24 KB)
Open PDF file, 129.54 KB,  12/6/17: 2018 Commercial Permit Renewal Period (English, PDF 129.54 KB)

November

Open PDF file, 70.13 KB,  11/9/2017 Public Comment Sought on Winter I Commercial Scup Limits (English, PDF 70.13 KB)

October

Open PDF file, 132.53 KB,  10/30/17 2017/2018 Massachusetts Seafood Marketing Grant Program (English, PDF 132.53 KB)
Open PDF file, 143.25 KB,  10/27/17: Massachusetts/New Hampshire Sea Herring Spawning Closure Effective October 29, 2017 (English, PDF 143.25 KB)
Open PDF file, 124.85 KB,  10/17/17: 2017 Commercial Tautog Fishery To Close Effective Thursday, October 19, 2017 (English, PDF 124.85 KB)
Open PDF file, 119.46 KB,  10/17/17: Eastern Maine Sea Herring Spawning Area Re-Closed Through October 30, 2017 (English, PDF 119.46 KB)
Open PDF file, 70.49 KB,  10/13/17: 2017 Commercial Tautog Fishery to Reopen on October 15, 2017 (English, PDF 70.49 KB)
Open PDF file, 125.19 KB,  10/6/17: 2017 Commercial Tautog Fishery Closed Effective Monday, October 9, 2017 (English, PDF 125.19 KB)
Open PDF file, 98.78 KB,  10/5/17: November Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission Rescheduled (English, PDF 98.78 KB)
Open PDF file, 135.69 KB,  10/4/17: Declaration to Establish the 2017 Winter II Scup Trip Limits (English, PDF 135.69 KB)

September

Open PDF file, 120.88 KB,  9/29/2017: 2017 Commercial Black Sea Bass Fishery Closed Effective Wednesday, October 4, 2017 (English, PDF 120.88 KB)
Open PDF file, 81.26 KB,  9/26/2017: Massachusetts/New Hampshire Sea Herring Spawning Closure Effective October 1, 2017 Advisory (English, PDF 81.26 KB)
Open PDF file, 69.57 KB,  09/25/2017: Winter II Scup Limits and Public Comment (English, PDF 69.57 KB)
Open PDF file, 88.25 KB,  09/18/17: Adjustments to Commercial Black Sea Bass Trip Limits and Open Fishing Days (English, PDF 88.25 KB)
Open PDF file, 125.68 KB,  09/18/17: Revised Sea Herring Landing Limits and Days Out (English, PDF 125.68 KB)
Open PDF file, 72.25 KB,  09/18/17: Public Scoping Meeting on Mobile Gear Closure Coordinates (English, PDF 72.25 KB)
Open PDF file, 70.45 KB,  09/13/17: Commercial Menhaden Trip Limit Reduced to 6,000 Pounds (English, PDF 70.45 KB)
Open PDF file, 133.96 KB,  09/07/2017 ASMFC Public Hearings & Comment Period on Menhaden Management (English, PDF 133.96 KB)
Open PDF file, 130.13 KB,  09/01/2017 Commercial Striped Bass Fishery Closed Effective September 1, 2017 (English, PDF 130.13 KB)

August

Open PDF file, 131.42 KB,  8/28/17: Public Hearing on a Commercial Tautog Fishery Control Date and Permitting (English, PDF 131.42 KB)
Open PDF file, 153.31 KB,  08/27/17: Surf Clam/Ocean Quahog Dredge Fishery Closure in Western Cape Cod Bay (English, PDF 153.31 KB)
Open PDF file, 70.04 KB,  08/27/17: Implementation of a Commercial Tautog Control Date (English, PDF 70.04 KB)
Open PDF file, 69.71 KB,  08/11/17: Horseshoe Shoals Kelp Aquaculture Public Hearing and Comment Period (English, PDF 69.71 KB)
Open PDF file, 70.25 KB,  08/07/17: Limited Access Commercial Menhaden Trip Limit Reduced to 25,000 lbs (English, PDF 70.25 KB)
Open PDF file, 118 KB,  08/05/2017 Notice to Fishermen: Deepwater Wind Geophysical Survey (English, PDF 118 KB)

July

Open PDF file, 120.61 KB,  07/31/2017 Notice to Fishermen: Bay State Wind Geophysical Survey (English, PDF 120.61 KB)
Open PDF file, 81.67 KB,  7/27/2017: 2017 Recreational GOM Cod and Haddock Limits Enacted (English, PDF 81.67 KB)
Open PDF file, 75.86 KB,  07/27/17: Public Hearing Notice for 2017 Recreational GOM Cod and Haddock Limits (English, PDF 75.86 KB)
Open PDF file, 125.43 KB,  07/27/2017: Revised Sea Herring Management and Days Out for Area 1A (English, PDF 125.43 KB)
Open PDF file, 70.26 KB,  07/26/2017 Notice to Fishermen: Vineyard Wind Geophysical Surveys (English, PDF 70.26 KB)
Open PDF file, 260.49 KB,  07/19/2017 Now Available: DMF News for Quarters 1 & 2 of 2017 (English, PDF 260.49 KB)
Open PDF file, 69.54 KB,  7/17/17 Commercial Fluke Fishery Closure (English, PDF 69.54 KB)
Open PDF file, 122.32 KB,  07/11/2017 Notice to Fishermen: Bay State Wind Environmental Monitoring Buoys (English, PDF 122.32 KB)
Open PDF file, 125.33 KB,  7/10/17 Sea Herring Management and Days Out for Area 1A (English, PDF 125.33 KB)
Open PDF file, 126.3 KB,  07/07/2017 Quota Monitoring Webpage Malfunction (English, PDF 126.3 KB)

June

Open PDF file, 129.48 KB,  06/28/2017 Whelk Fishery Management Meeting - July 10, 2017 (English, PDF 129.48 KB)
Open PDF file, 134.76 KB,  06/16/2017 2017 Commercial Striped Bass Season Opening Date is Monday, June 26 (English, PDF 134.76 KB)
Open PDF file, 174.74 KB,  06/12/2017 ASMFC Public Hearing on Tautog Management: June 21 (English, PDF 174.74 KB)
Open PDF file, 562.13 KB,  06/09/2017 PSP (Red Tide) Opening in Nauset System (OC2-OC5) (English, PDF 562.13 KB)
Open PDF file, 70.35 KB,  06/07/17 Small Mesh Trawl Squid Fishery to Close (English, PDF 70.35 KB)

May

Open PDF file, 127.9 KB,  05/31/2017 Free Saltwater Fishing Days: June 17 & 18 (English, PDF 127.9 KB)
Open PDF file, 310.53 KB,  05/26/2017 Corrected Advisory: Initial Management Measures for Trimester 2 Atlantic Sea Herring Fishery in Management Area 1A (English, PDF 310.53 KB)
Open PDF file, 71.78 KB,  5/18/17 Public Hearing Notice: Commercial Black Sea Bass and Recreational Black Sea Bass and Fluke (English, PDF 71.78 KB)
Open PDF file, 122.35 KB,  05/17/2017 Trimester 2 Area 1A Sea Herring Declaration (English, PDF 122.35 KB)
Open PDF file, 130.41 KB,  05/10/2017 2017 Vp Control Plan Requirements Affecting Commercial Oyster Harvesters and Primary Buyers (English, PDF 130.41 KB)
Open PDF file, 112.71 KB,  05/04/2017 Notice to Fishermen: Bay State Wind Survey (English, PDF 112.71 KB)
Open PDF file, 123.98 KB,  05/04/2017 Trap Gear Closure Lifted; Right Whales Leaving Cape Cod Bay (English, PDF 123.98 KB)
Open PDF file, 478.31 KB,  5/3/17 PSP (Red Tide) Closure in Nauset Estuary (OC2-OC6) (English, PDF 478.31 KB)
Open PDF file, 78.33 KB,  5/3/17 Update on 2017 Recreational Fishing Limits for Gulf of Maine Cod and Haddock (English, PDF 78.33 KB)
Open PDF file, 74.4 KB,  5/3/17 2017 Recreational Black Sea Bass and Fluke Limits (English, PDF 74.4 KB)

April

Open PDF file, 382.63 KB,  04/26/2017 Division of Marine Fisheries Extends Trap Fishing Gear Closure in Cape Cod Bay (English, PDF 382.63 KB)
Open PDF file, 68.72 KB,  4/25/17 2017 Commercial Spiny Dogfish Trip Limit Set at 6,000 lbs (English, PDF 68.72 KB)
Open PDF file, 70.18 KB,  4/18/17 Public Comment on 2017/2018 Spiny Dogfish Trip Limit Specifications (English, PDF 70.18 KB)
Open PDF file, 95.53 KB,  4/14/17 2017 Whiting Summertime Small Mesh Exempted Fishery Program Application (English, PDF 95.53 KB)
Open PDF file, 94.85 KB,  4/11/17 2017 Horseshoe Crab Lunar Spawning Closure Dates (English, PDF 94.85 KB)
Open PDF file, 59.35 KB,  04/11/2017 Reminder: 2017 Commercial Tautog Fishery to Open September 1 – No Spring Season (English, PDF 59.35 KB)

March

Open PDF file, 135.68 KB,  3/28/17 Fish Pot and Conch Pot Fishing Closure in Cape Poge Bay Extended for 2017 (English, PDF 135.68 KB)
Open PDF file, 88.15 KB,  3/28/17 Commercial Black Sea Bass Limits and Scoping Meeting (English, PDF 88.15 KB)
Open PDF file, 163.29 KB,  03/24/2017 New Marine Fishery Rules in Effect for 2017 (English, PDF 163.29 KB)
Open PDF file, 121.12 KB,  03/23/2017 Public Meetings Scheduled to Solicit Industry Feedback and Provide Information on the Draft 2017 Vibrio Parahaemolyticus Control Plan for Oysters (English, PDF 121.12 KB)
Open PDF file, 83.28 KB,  03/02/2017 ASMFC Public Hearing on Commercial Scup Managment: March 23, 2017 (English, PDF 83.28 KB)
Open PDF file, 292.71 KB,  03/02/2017 Now Available: DMF NEWS for Quarters 3 & 4 of 2016 (English, PDF 292.71 KB)
Open PDF file, 70.53 KB,  03/01/2017 Notice to Fishermen: Office of Naval Research Acoustics Experiment In Offshore Southern New England Waters (English, PDF 70.53 KB)
Open PDF file, 70.01 KB,  03/01/2017 Public Meeting on Nantucket Scheduled to Discuss Mobile Gear Fishing Petition (English, PDF 70.01 KB)
Open PDF file, 133.36 KB,  03/01/2017 Effective March 3rd 2017 Period 1 Commercial Fluke Trip Limits Reduced to 100 Pounds (English, PDF 133.36 KB)

February

Open PDF file, 122.52 KB,  02/27/2017 Reminder: State Water Sea Scallop Trip Limit and Shucking in Sate Waters by Federal Permit Holders (English, PDF 122.52 KB)
Open PDF file, 179.63 KB,  02/27/2017 ASMFC Public Hearing on American Lobster Management: March 23, 2017 (English, PDF 179.63 KB)
Open PDF file, 127.34 KB,  02/11/2017 February 13, 2017 DMF Public Hearing on Nantucket is Cancelled (English, PDF 127.34 KB)
Open PDF file, 105 KB,  02/10/2017 ASMFC Public Hearing on Atlantic Herring Management (English, PDF 105 KB)
Open PDF file, 125.43 KB,  02/08/2017 February Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission Rescheduled (English, PDF 125.43 KB)
Open PDF file, 121.18 KB,  02/07/2017 February 9, 2017 Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission Business Meeting Cancelled (English, PDF 121.18 KB)

January

Open PDF file, 156.7 KB,  01/25/2017 Large Whale Seasonal Trap Gear Closure (English, PDF 156.7 KB)
Open PDF file, 330.27 KB,  01/19/2017 Applications Sought for New England Fishery Management Council (English, PDF 330.27 KB)
Open PDF file, 91.37 KB,  01/13/2017 Public Hearing Notice: Four Public Hearings Scheduled to Address Numerous Fishery Proposals (English, PDF 91.37 KB)
Open PDF file, 70.78 KB,  01/05/2017 DMF to Host Offshore Lobster Team Meeting (English, PDF 70.78 KB)

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