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Chapter 130

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130

Marine Fish and Fisheries

1Definitions; rules of construction 1ADivision of marine fisheries 1BMarine fisheries advisory commission 1CDivision of marine fisheries shellfish advisory panel 2Transferability of licenses, permits and certificates of registration; suspension or voidance for violation of marine laws; surrender; impounding fishing gear 3Duplicate license, permit, or certificate 4Record of licenses, permits or certificates; inspection; endorsement of date of sale on license, permits and certificates 4AAdministrative inspections 5Jurisdictional boundaries 8APowers of police officers 9Searches, seizures and arrests without warrant 10Issuance of search warrant 12Seizure and forfeiture of fish unlawfully taken, boats and apparatus; sale; proceeds 13Display of fish upon demand; violations 14Limitation of actions and prosecutions 15AReciprocal enforcement of laws relating to marine fisheries 16Occupation of tide waters or work done therein subject to chapter 91 17Powers of director 17AManagement of marine fisheries 17BAquacultural enterprises; permits 17CRecreational saltwater fishing permit program; finfishing; for-hire fishing; categories; marine recreational fisheries development panel 17DPenalties for violation of Sec. 17C 18Illegal entry on property maintained for experiments, protection or propagation of fish 19Providing passage for salt water fish into fresh water to spawn; refusal or neglect to repair or construct fishway; operation and maintenance of fishways 20Increase in supply of shellfish; co-operation with coastal cities and towns; treatment or purification of shellfish 20APropagation of shellfish; co-operation with coastal cities and towns 21Compilation of statistical information useful to marine fish industries; confidentiality; false reports; refusal or failure 23Discharge of oil or other poisonous substances into coastal waters; use of explosives; penalty 24Violation of Sec. 23; tort liability 25Discharge of sewage or other substance injurious to public health into coastal waters; approved drainage 26Jurisdiction and proceedings to enforce Secs. 23 to 25 27Criminal and tort liability for discharge of sewage or other substance injurious to public health into coastal waters 28Exclusive right of ownership and control of fish of riparian owners of ponds; cultivation rights 29Construction of weir, pound net or fish trap 30Marking of weir, pound net or fish trap with number of approval 31Destruction or injury to fishing gear 33Reports of owners of boats and fishing gear; marking of fish cars 34Catching, buying and selling smelt between March 15 and June 15; wholesale or retail dealers 35Taking smelt except by angling; inadvertent taking by net; possession of net, seine or trap as prima facie evidence 36Closing portions of streams flowing into coastal waters during spawning season 37Lobsters and crabs; licenses 37AGreen crabs 38Licenses; application; fee; eligibility; markings of buoys; exhibition of license 38ADisplay of license number and buoy colors 38BCommercial licenses; catch data; transfers 39Hours for tending, lifting or drawing lobster or crab pots or traps 41Taking or selling female lobsters bearing eggs 41ATaking of female egg-bearing lobsters while fishing or landing 42Plants for propagation of lobsters; establishment and maintenance 43Conditions for taking or possession of egg-bearing lobsters; rearing and liberating of young; disposition of lobsters 44Sale or possession of short lobsters; mutilation of short lobsters; prima facie evidence 44AV–notched lobster 44BLimits on sales of lobsters taken by methods other than pots or traps 47Marking barrels, boxes or containers of lobsters or lobster meat 48Disposal of lobsters or lobster meat seized in unmarked containers 49Liability of carrier of unmarked containers of lobsters or lobster meat 50Forfeiture or liberation of seized lobsters or lobster meat 51Sale of native lobsters; representations for purposes of sale 51ASale of crabmeat; representations for purposes of sale 52Taking of eels, shellfish and sea worms; areas in which commercial taking prohibited 53Form of permits; record of issuance 54Cultivation, propagation and protection of shellfish; appropriations by cities and towns; close seasons 55Aliens; shellfish taken for commercial purposes; permits 56Joint control by municipalities of marine fisheries 57Shellfish aquaculture licenses 58Transfer or renewal of licenses 59Application for license; request for survey and plan 60Hearing on issuance of license; notice; publication 61Marking of territory covered by license; maintenance of markings 62Records of licensed areas, licenses granted, transfers and renewals 63Exclusive rights of licensees or transferees; trespass on licensed area; treble damages 64Annual fee for license 65Annual report of shellfish planted, produced and marketed; estimate of growing shellfish; forfeiture for deficiency 66Destruction or removal of marks or bounds; double damages 67Taking or disturbing shellfish from licensed grounds or beds without consent 68Digging, taking or carrying away shellfish from licensed waters, flats or creeks at night 69Seed quahaugs, clams or oysters; taking or possession 70Taking and sale of scallops; adult and seed scallops; culling 71Close season on scallops 72Limitation on catch of scallops 73Granting modification in respect to close season and number of scallops that may be taken; petition; investigation 74Determination of contaminated areas; notice of results 74AEmergency designation of contaminated shellfish areas; enforcement; notice to local authorities 75Shellfish from contaminated areas, permits, purification; shellfish conservation 76Construction and operation of shellfish purification plants; powers of commissioner 77Cost of operation 80Commercial permits and certificates; issuance; transfers; wholesale dealer permit; regulated marine fishery permit; rules and regulations; cancellation; revocation; penalties 81Importation of shellfish for consumption; certification; labeling of containers 82Source of supply of shellfish; tags or labels; contents; record of markings on tags or labels; inspection 83Permit fees; types of permits 92Sale of scallops; soaked scallops; scallops not in shell; marking of containers; common carriers 93Opening ditches or canals for fisheries for propagation of herring, alewives and other food fish; acquisition of land and waters; regulation and leasing of fisheries 94Petition by city and town to control and regulate public fisheries for alewives; regulation and lease of fisheries 95Taking fish from fisheries without permission 96Impairment of private property rights; contracts; leasing at public auction 98Shellfish constables; appointment; powers and duties; notice of appointment 100AStriped bass; regulations 100BTaking striped bass; methods; traps 100CShad; methods of taking 100DEels; methods of taking 101AGray seal; protection 102Marine plants; regulation of taking 104Effect on special statutes relating to fisheries in particular places 105Protection of coastal wetlands 106Possessing, selling, offering for sale, trading or distributing of shark fins prohibited; exceptions; penalty for violation