offered by
Division of Marine Fisheries

Recreational and Diadromous Fisheries Research

DMF biologists work to preserve, enhance, and promote marine recreational and diadromous fisheries.

Our research and monitoring of recreational, diadromous, and pelagic fisheries inform stock assessments and insure the sustainable management of some of the state's most popular fish!

What would you like to do?

Top tasks

Shark research in Massachusetts 
Fish passage and restoration projects 

What you need to know

Recreational fisheries research 
Diadromous fisheries project 
Shark movement and habitat 
Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP) 

Related Services

Additional Resources

Circle Hooks Brochure (PDF 804.63 KB)
Did you find what you were looking for on this webpage? *
We use your feedback to help us improve this site but we are not able to respond directly. Please do not include personal or contact information. If you need a response, please locate the contact information elsewhere on this page or in the footer.
We use your feedback to help us improve this site but we are not able to respond directly. Please do not include personal or contact information. If you need a response, please locate the contact information elsewhere on this page or in the footer.

If you need to report child abuse, any other kind of abuse, or need urgent assistance, please click here.

Feedback