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Section 1 Definitions; rules of construction
Section 1A Division of marine fisheries
Section 1B Marine fisheries advisory commission
Section 2 Transferability of licenses, permits and certificates of registration; suspension or voidance for violation of marine laws; surrender; impounding fishing gear
Section 2A Repealed, 1977, 363A, Sec. 66
Section 2B Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 381
Section 3 Duplicate license, permit, or certificate
Section 4 Record of licenses, permits or certificates; inspection; endorsement of date of sale on license, permits and certificates
Section 4A Administrative inspections
Section 5 Jurisdictional boundaries
Section 6 to 8 Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
Section 8A Powers of police officers
Section 9 Searches, seizures and arrests without warrant
Section 10 Issuance of search warrant
Section 11 Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
Section 12 Seizure and forfeiture of fish unlawfully taken, boats and apparatus; sale; proceeds
Section 13 Display of fish upon demand; violations
Section 14 Limitation of actions and prosecutions
Section 15 Repealed, 1963, 383, Sec. 2
Section 15A Reciprocal enforcement of laws relating to marine fisheries
Section 16 Occupation of tide waters or work done therein subject to chapter 91
Section 17 Powers of director
Section 17A Management of marine fisheries
Section 17B Aquacultural enterprises; permits
Section 17C Recreational saltwater fishing permit program; finfishing; for-hire fishing; categories; marine recreational fisheries development panel
Section 17D Penalties for violation of Sec. 17C
Section 18 Illegal entry on property maintained for experiments, protection or propagation of fish
Section 19 Providing passage for salt water fish into fresh water to spawn; refusal or neglect to repair or construct fishway; operation and maintenance of fishways
Section 20 Increase in supply of shellfish; co-operation with coastal cities and towns; treatment or purification of shellfish
Section 20A Propagation of shellfish; co-operation with coastal cities and towns
Section 21 Compilation of statistical information useful to marine fish industries; confidentiality; false reports; refusal or failure
Section 22 Repealed, 1972, 789, Sec. 1
Section 23 Discharge of oil or other poisonous substances into coastal waters; use of explosives; penalty
Section 24 Violation of Sec. 23; tort liability
Section 25 Discharge of sewage or other substance injurious to public health into coastal waters; approved drainage
Section 26 Jurisdiction and proceedings to enforce Secs. 23 to 25
Section 27 Criminal and tort liability for discharge of sewage or other substance injurious to public health into coastal waters
Section 27A Repealed, 1972, 784, Sec. 2
Section 28 Exclusive right of ownership and control of fish of riparian owners of ponds; cultivation rights
Section 29 Construction of weir, pound net or fish trap
Section 30 Marking of weir, pound net or fish trap with number of approval
Section 31 Destruction or injury to weir, pound net or fish trap
Section 32 Fishing gear swept ashore by natural causes; recovery
Section 33 Reports of owners of boats and fishing gear; marking of fish cars
Section 34 Catching, buying and selling smelt between March 15 and June 15; wholesale or retail dealers
Section 35 Taking smelt except by angling; inadvertent taking by net; possession of net, seine or trap as prima facie evidence
Section 36 Closing portions of streams flowing into coastal waters during spawning season
Section 37 Lobsters and crabs; licenses
Section 37A Green crabs
Section 38 Licenses; application; fee; eligibility; markings of buoys; exhibition of license
Section 38A Display of license number and buoy colors
Section 38B Commercial licenses; catch data; transfers
Section 39 Hours for tending, lifting or drawing lobster or crab pots or traps
Section 40 Closed season on edible crabs
Section 41 Taking or selling female lobsters bearing eggs
Section 41A Taking of female egg-bearing lobsters while fishing or landing
Section 42 Plants for propagation of lobsters; establishment and maintenance
Section 43 Conditions for taking or possession of egg-bearing lobsters; rearing and liberating of young; disposition of lobsters
Section 44 Sale or possession of short lobsters; mutilation of short lobsters; prima facie evidence
Section 44A V-notched lobster
Section 44B Limits on sales of lobsters taken by methods other than pots or traps
Section 45, 46 Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
Section 47 Marking barrels, boxes or containers of lobsters or lobster meat
Section 48 Disposal of lobsters or lobster meat seized in unmarked containers
Section 49 Liability of carrier of unmarked containers of lobsters or lobster meat
Section 50 Forfeiture or liberation of seized lobsters or lobster meat
Section 51 Sale of native lobsters; representations for purposes of sale
Section 51A Sale of crabmeat; representations for purposes of sale
Section 52 Taking of eels, shellfish and sea worms; areas in which commercial taking prohibited
Section 53 Form of permits; record of issuance
Section 54 Cultivation, propagation and protection of shellfish; appropriations by cities and towns; close seasons
Section 55 Aliens; shellfish taken for commercial purposes; permits
Section 56 Joint control by municipalities of marine fisheries
Section 57 Shellfish aquaculture licenses
Section 58 Transfer or renewal of licenses
Section 59 Application for license; request for survey and plan
Section 60 Hearing on issuance of license; notice; publication
Section 61 Marking of territory covered by license; maintenance of markings
Section 62 Records of licensed areas, licenses granted, transfers and renewals
Section 63 Exclusive rights of licensees or transferees; trespass on licensed area; treble damages
Section 64 Annual fee for license
Section 65 Annual report of shellfish planted, produced and marketed; estimate of growing shellfish; forfeiture for deficiency
Section 66 Destruction or removal of marks or bounds; double damages
Section 67 Taking shellfish from licensed grounds or beds without consent
Section 68 Digging, taking or carrying away shellfish from licensed waters, flats or creeks at night
Section 68A Repealed, 1994, 60, Sec. 135
Section 69 Seed quahaugs, clams or oysters; taking or possession
Section 70 Taking and sale of scallops; adult and seed scallops; culling
Section 71 Close season on scallops
Section 72 Limitation on catch of scallops
Section 73 Granting modification in respect to close season and number of scallops that may be taken; petition; investigation
Section 74 Determination of contaminated areas; notice of results
Section 74A Emergency designation of contaminated shellfish areas; enforcement; notice to local authorities
Section 75 Shellfish from contaminated areas, permits, purification; shellfish conservation
Section 76 Construction and operation; powers of commissioner
Section 77 Cost of operation
Section 78, 79 Repealed, 1961, 506, Sec. 3
Section 80 Commercial permits and certificates; issuance; transfers; wholesale dealer permit; regulated marine fishery permit; rules and regulations; cancellation; revocation; penalties
Section 81 Importation of shellfish for consumption; certification; labeling of containers
Section 82 Source of supply of shellfish; tags or labels; contents; record of markings on tags or labels; inspection
Section 83 Permit fees; types of permits
Section 84 to 91 Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
Section 92 Sale of scallops; soaked scallops; scallops not in shell; marking of containers; common carriers
Section 93 Opening ditches or canals for fisheries for propagation of herring, alewives and other food fish; acquisition of land and waters; regulation and leasing of fisheries
Section 94 Petition by city and town to control and regulate public fisheries for alewives; regulation and lease of fisheries
Section 95 Taking fish from fisheries without permission
Section 96 Impairment of private property rights; contracts; leasing at public auction
Section 97, 97A Repealed, 1973, 653
Section 98 Shellfish constables; appointment; powers and duties; notice of appointment
Section 99 Carrying fish out of commonwealth in vessel or smack owned without commonwealth
Section 100 Repealed, 1978, 80
Section 100A Striped bass; regulations
Section 100B Taking striped bass; methods; traps
Section 100C Shad; methods of taking
Section 100D Eels; methods of taking
Section 101 Repealed, 1962, 222
Section 101A Gray seal; protection
Section 102 Marine plants; regulation of taking
Section 103 Starfish, winkles or cockles; disposition above high water mark
Section 104 Effect on special statutes relating to fisheries in particular places
Section 105 Protection of coastal wetlands

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Massachusetts > PARTI > TITLEXIX > CHAPTER130

Section 1 Definitions; rules of construction
Section 1A Division of marine fisheries
Section 1B Marine fisheries advisory commission
Section 2 Transferability of licenses, permits and certificates of registration; suspension or voidance for violation of marine laws; surrender; impounding fishing gear
Section 2A Repealed, 1977, 363A, Sec. 66
Section 2B Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 381
Section 3 Duplicate license, permit, or certificate
Section 4 Record of licenses, permits or certificates; inspection; endorsement of date of sale on license, permits and certificates
Section 4A Administrative inspections
Section 5 Jurisdictional boundaries
Section 6 to 8 Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
Section 8A Powers of police officers
Section 9 Searches, seizures and arrests without warrant
Section 10 Issuance of search warrant
Section 11 Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
Section 12 Seizure and forfeiture of fish unlawfully taken, boats and apparatus; sale; proceeds
Section 13 Display of fish upon demand; violations
Section 14 Limitation of actions and prosecutions
Section 15 Repealed, 1963, 383, Sec. 2
Section 15A Reciprocal enforcement of laws relating to marine fisheries
Section 16 Occupation of tide waters or work done therein subject to chapter 91
Section 17 Powers of director
Section 17A Management of marine fisheries
Section 17B Aquacultural enterprises; permits
Section 17C Recreational saltwater fishing permit program; finfishing; for-hire fishing; categories; marine recreational fisheries development panel
Section 17D Penalties for violation of Sec. 17C
Section 18 Illegal entry on property maintained for experiments, protection or propagation of fish
Section 19 Providing passage for salt water fish into fresh water to spawn; refusal or neglect to repair or construct fishway; operation and maintenance of fishways
Section 20 Increase in supply of shellfish; co-operation with coastal cities and towns; treatment or purification of shellfish
Section 20A Propagation of shellfish; co-operation with coastal cities and towns
Section 21 Compilation of statistical information useful to marine fish industries; confidentiality; false reports; refusal or failure
Section 22 Repealed, 1972, 789, Sec. 1
Section 23 Discharge of oil or other poisonous substances into coastal waters; use of explosives; penalty
Section 24 Violation of Sec. 23; tort liability
Section 25 Discharge of sewage or other substance injurious to public health into coastal waters; approved drainage
Section 26 Jurisdiction and proceedings to enforce Secs. 23 to 25
Section 27 Criminal and tort liability for discharge of sewage or other substance injurious to public health into coastal waters
Section 27A Repealed, 1972, 784, Sec. 2
Section 28 Exclusive right of ownership and control of fish of riparian owners of ponds; cultivation rights
Section 29 Construction of weir, pound net or fish trap
Section 30 Marking of weir, pound net or fish trap with number of approval
Section 31 Destruction or injury to weir, pound net or fish trap
Section 32 Fishing gear swept ashore by natural causes; recovery
Section 33 Reports of owners of boats and fishing gear; marking of fish cars
Section 34 Catching, buying and selling smelt between March 15 and June 15; wholesale or retail dealers
Section 35 Taking smelt except by angling; inadvertent taking by net; possession of net, seine or trap as prima facie evidence
Section 36 Closing portions of streams flowing into coastal waters during spawning season
Section 37 Lobsters and crabs; licenses
Section 37A Green crabs
Section 38 Licenses; application; fee; eligibility; markings of buoys; exhibition of license
Section 38A Display of license number and buoy colors
Section 38B Commercial licenses; catch data; transfers
Section 39 Hours for tending, lifting or drawing lobster or crab pots or traps
Section 40 Closed season on edible crabs
Section 41 Taking or selling female lobsters bearing eggs
Section 41A Taking of female egg-bearing lobsters while fishing or landing
Section 42 Plants for propagation of lobsters; establishment and maintenance
Section 43 Conditions for taking or possession of egg-bearing lobsters; rearing and liberating of young; disposition of lobsters
Section 44 Sale or possession of short lobsters; mutilation of short lobsters; prima facie evidence
Section 44A V-notched lobster
Section 44B Limits on sales of lobsters taken by methods other than pots or traps
Section 45, 46 Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
Section 47 Marking barrels, boxes or containers of lobsters or lobster meat
Section 48 Disposal of lobsters or lobster meat seized in unmarked containers
Section 49 Liability of carrier of unmarked containers of lobsters or lobster meat
Section 50 Forfeiture or liberation of seized lobsters or lobster meat
Section 51 Sale of native lobsters; representations for purposes of sale
Section 51A Sale of crabmeat; representations for purposes of sale
Section 52 Taking of eels, shellfish and sea worms; areas in which commercial taking prohibited
Section 53 Form of permits; record of issuance
Section 54 Cultivation, propagation and protection of shellfish; appropriations by cities and towns; close seasons
Section 55 Aliens; shellfish taken for commercial purposes; permits
Section 56 Joint control by municipalities of marine fisheries
Section 57 Shellfish aquaculture licenses
Section 58 Transfer or renewal of licenses
Section 59 Application for license; request for survey and plan
Section 60 Hearing on issuance of license; notice; publication
Section 61 Marking of territory covered by license; maintenance of markings
Section 62 Records of licensed areas, licenses granted, transfers and renewals
Section 63 Exclusive rights of licensees or transferees; trespass on licensed area; treble damages
Section 64 Annual fee for license
Section 65 Annual report of shellfish planted, produced and marketed; estimate of growing shellfish; forfeiture for deficiency
Section 66 Destruction or removal of marks or bounds; double damages
Section 67 Taking shellfish from licensed grounds or beds without consent
Section 68 Digging, taking or carrying away shellfish from licensed waters, flats or creeks at night
Section 68A Repealed, 1994, 60, Sec. 135
Section 69 Seed quahaugs, clams or oysters; taking or possession
Section 70 Taking and sale of scallops; adult and seed scallops; culling
Section 71 Close season on scallops
Section 72 Limitation on catch of scallops
Section 73 Granting modification in respect to close season and number of scallops that may be taken; petition; investigation
Section 74 Determination of contaminated areas; notice of results
Section 74A Emergency designation of contaminated shellfish areas; enforcement; notice to local authorities
Section 75 Shellfish from contaminated areas, permits, purification; shellfish conservation
Section 76 Construction and operation; powers of commissioner
Section 77 Cost of operation
Section 78, 79 Repealed, 1961, 506, Sec. 3
Section 80 Commercial permits and certificates; issuance; transfers; wholesale dealer permit; regulated marine fishery permit; rules and regulations; cancellation; revocation; penalties
Section 81 Importation of shellfish for consumption; certification; labeling of containers
Section 82 Source of supply of shellfish; tags or labels; contents; record of markings on tags or labels; inspection
Section 83 Permit fees; types of permits
Section 84 to 91 Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
Section 92 Sale of scallops; soaked scallops; scallops not in shell; marking of containers; common carriers
Section 93 Opening ditches or canals for fisheries for propagation of herring, alewives and other food fish; acquisition of land and waters; regulation and leasing of fisheries
Section 94 Petition by city and town to control and regulate public fisheries for alewives; regulation and lease of fisheries
Section 95 Taking fish from fisheries without permission
Section 96 Impairment of private property rights; contracts; leasing at public auction
Section 97, 97A Repealed, 1973, 653
Section 98 Shellfish constables; appointment; powers and duties; notice of appointment
Section 99 Carrying fish out of commonwealth in vessel or smack owned without commonwealth
Section 100 Repealed, 1978, 80
Section 100A Striped bass; regulations
Section 100B Taking striped bass; methods; traps
Section 100C Shad; methods of taking
Section 100D Eels; methods of taking
Section 101 Repealed, 1962, 222
Section 101A Gray seal; protection
Section 102 Marine plants; regulation of taking
Section 103 Starfish, winkles or cockles; disposition above high water mark
Section 104 Effect on special statutes relating to fisheries in particular places
Section 105 Protection of coastal wetlands

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Statutes > Massachusetts > PARTI > TITLEXIX > CHAPTER130

Section 1 Definitions; rules of construction
Section 1A Division of marine fisheries
Section 1B Marine fisheries advisory commission
Section 2 Transferability of licenses, permits and certificates of registration; suspension or voidance for violation of marine laws; surrender; impounding fishing gear
Section 2A Repealed, 1977, 363A, Sec. 66
Section 2B Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 381
Section 3 Duplicate license, permit, or certificate
Section 4 Record of licenses, permits or certificates; inspection; endorsement of date of sale on license, permits and certificates
Section 4A Administrative inspections
Section 5 Jurisdictional boundaries
Section 6 to 8 Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
Section 8A Powers of police officers
Section 9 Searches, seizures and arrests without warrant
Section 10 Issuance of search warrant
Section 11 Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
Section 12 Seizure and forfeiture of fish unlawfully taken, boats and apparatus; sale; proceeds
Section 13 Display of fish upon demand; violations
Section 14 Limitation of actions and prosecutions
Section 15 Repealed, 1963, 383, Sec. 2
Section 15A Reciprocal enforcement of laws relating to marine fisheries
Section 16 Occupation of tide waters or work done therein subject to chapter 91
Section 17 Powers of director
Section 17A Management of marine fisheries
Section 17B Aquacultural enterprises; permits
Section 17C Recreational saltwater fishing permit program; finfishing; for-hire fishing; categories; marine recreational fisheries development panel
Section 17D Penalties for violation of Sec. 17C
Section 18 Illegal entry on property maintained for experiments, protection or propagation of fish
Section 19 Providing passage for salt water fish into fresh water to spawn; refusal or neglect to repair or construct fishway; operation and maintenance of fishways
Section 20 Increase in supply of shellfish; co-operation with coastal cities and towns; treatment or purification of shellfish
Section 20A Propagation of shellfish; co-operation with coastal cities and towns
Section 21 Compilation of statistical information useful to marine fish industries; confidentiality; false reports; refusal or failure
Section 22 Repealed, 1972, 789, Sec. 1
Section 23 Discharge of oil or other poisonous substances into coastal waters; use of explosives; penalty
Section 24 Violation of Sec. 23; tort liability
Section 25 Discharge of sewage or other substance injurious to public health into coastal waters; approved drainage
Section 26 Jurisdiction and proceedings to enforce Secs. 23 to 25
Section 27 Criminal and tort liability for discharge of sewage or other substance injurious to public health into coastal waters
Section 27A Repealed, 1972, 784, Sec. 2
Section 28 Exclusive right of ownership and control of fish of riparian owners of ponds; cultivation rights
Section 29 Construction of weir, pound net or fish trap
Section 30 Marking of weir, pound net or fish trap with number of approval
Section 31 Destruction or injury to weir, pound net or fish trap
Section 32 Fishing gear swept ashore by natural causes; recovery
Section 33 Reports of owners of boats and fishing gear; marking of fish cars
Section 34 Catching, buying and selling smelt between March 15 and June 15; wholesale or retail dealers
Section 35 Taking smelt except by angling; inadvertent taking by net; possession of net, seine or trap as prima facie evidence
Section 36 Closing portions of streams flowing into coastal waters during spawning season
Section 37 Lobsters and crabs; licenses
Section 37A Green crabs
Section 38 Licenses; application; fee; eligibility; markings of buoys; exhibition of license
Section 38A Display of license number and buoy colors
Section 38B Commercial licenses; catch data; transfers
Section 39 Hours for tending, lifting or drawing lobster or crab pots or traps
Section 40 Closed season on edible crabs
Section 41 Taking or selling female lobsters bearing eggs
Section 41A Taking of female egg-bearing lobsters while fishing or landing
Section 42 Plants for propagation of lobsters; establishment and maintenance
Section 43 Conditions for taking or possession of egg-bearing lobsters; rearing and liberating of young; disposition of lobsters
Section 44 Sale or possession of short lobsters; mutilation of short lobsters; prima facie evidence
Section 44A V-notched lobster
Section 44B Limits on sales of lobsters taken by methods other than pots or traps
Section 45, 46 Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
Section 47 Marking barrels, boxes or containers of lobsters or lobster meat
Section 48 Disposal of lobsters or lobster meat seized in unmarked containers
Section 49 Liability of carrier of unmarked containers of lobsters or lobster meat
Section 50 Forfeiture or liberation of seized lobsters or lobster meat
Section 51 Sale of native lobsters; representations for purposes of sale
Section 51A Sale of crabmeat; representations for purposes of sale
Section 52 Taking of eels, shellfish and sea worms; areas in which commercial taking prohibited
Section 53 Form of permits; record of issuance
Section 54 Cultivation, propagation and protection of shellfish; appropriations by cities and towns; close seasons
Section 55 Aliens; shellfish taken for commercial purposes; permits
Section 56 Joint control by municipalities of marine fisheries
Section 57 Shellfish aquaculture licenses
Section 58 Transfer or renewal of licenses
Section 59 Application for license; request for survey and plan
Section 60 Hearing on issuance of license; notice; publication
Section 61 Marking of territory covered by license; maintenance of markings
Section 62 Records of licensed areas, licenses granted, transfers and renewals
Section 63 Exclusive rights of licensees or transferees; trespass on licensed area; treble damages
Section 64 Annual fee for license
Section 65 Annual report of shellfish planted, produced and marketed; estimate of growing shellfish; forfeiture for deficiency
Section 66 Destruction or removal of marks or bounds; double damages
Section 67 Taking shellfish from licensed grounds or beds without consent
Section 68 Digging, taking or carrying away shellfish from licensed waters, flats or creeks at night
Section 68A Repealed, 1994, 60, Sec. 135
Section 69 Seed quahaugs, clams or oysters; taking or possession
Section 70 Taking and sale of scallops; adult and seed scallops; culling
Section 71 Close season on scallops
Section 72 Limitation on catch of scallops
Section 73 Granting modification in respect to close season and number of scallops that may be taken; petition; investigation
Section 74 Determination of contaminated areas; notice of results
Section 74A Emergency designation of contaminated shellfish areas; enforcement; notice to local authorities
Section 75 Shellfish from contaminated areas, permits, purification; shellfish conservation
Section 76 Construction and operation; powers of commissioner
Section 77 Cost of operation
Section 78, 79 Repealed, 1961, 506, Sec. 3
Section 80 Commercial permits and certificates; issuance; transfers; wholesale dealer permit; regulated marine fishery permit; rules and regulations; cancellation; revocation; penalties
Section 81 Importation of shellfish for consumption; certification; labeling of containers
Section 82 Source of supply of shellfish; tags or labels; contents; record of markings on tags or labels; inspection
Section 83 Permit fees; types of permits
Section 84 to 91 Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
Section 92 Sale of scallops; soaked scallops; scallops not in shell; marking of containers; common carriers
Section 93 Opening ditches or canals for fisheries for propagation of herring, alewives and other food fish; acquisition of land and waters; regulation and leasing of fisheries
Section 94 Petition by city and town to control and regulate public fisheries for alewives; regulation and lease of fisheries
Section 95 Taking fish from fisheries without permission
Section 96 Impairment of private property rights; contracts; leasing at public auction
Section 97, 97A Repealed, 1973, 653
Section 98 Shellfish constables; appointment; powers and duties; notice of appointment
Section 99 Carrying fish out of commonwealth in vessel or smack owned without commonwealth
Section 100 Repealed, 1978, 80
Section 100A Striped bass; regulations
Section 100B Taking striped bass; methods; traps
Section 100C Shad; methods of taking
Section 100D Eels; methods of taking
Section 101 Repealed, 1962, 222
Section 101A Gray seal; protection
Section 102 Marine plants; regulation of taking
Section 103 Starfish, winkles or cockles; disposition above high water mark
Section 104 Effect on special statutes relating to fisheries in particular places
Section 105 Protection of coastal wetlands

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