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DMF NEWS is now available for download. This edition covers events and issues of the first half of 2020.
Longtime marine biologist and fishery manager Daniel J. McKiernan was appointed Director by Commissioner Ronald Amidon on May 21.
Like everywhere—from work to home to school and all the places in between—the COVID-19 pandemic has wrought new challenges for DMF and our stakeholders.
The waters off Massachusetts are regarded by recreational anglers to have some of the best striped bass fishing in the world.
Commercial Striped Bass Fishing on the Cape Cod Canal has been prohibited.
Longfin squid is a schooling species of the molluscan family Loliginidae.
Check out what the Seafood Marketing Program has been up to below!
