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Public hearings have been scheduled
1. Striped Bass Management (322 CMR 6.07)
a. Commercial
i. To comply with recent changes to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Striped Bass Management Plan, DMF will reduce the commercial quota by 25%; and
ii. To address the unlawful sale of striped bass retained on closed fishing days, require commercial fishermen fishing on closed fishing days to mark striped bass that meet the commercial minimum size by removing a pectoral fin and prohibit fish with a pectoral fin removed from entering commerce.
b. Recreational
i. To comply with recent changes to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Striped Bass Management Plan, DMF is proposing to reduce the bag limit from 2-fish to 1-fish and maintain the existing 28-inch recreational minimum size; and
ii. Accept comment on adopting alternative measures for anglers onboard for-hire vessels to allow a 2-fish bag limit at a higher minimum size. Options include:
1. 2-fish bag limit with a 33-inch minimum size; or
2. 2-fish bag limit with one fish between 28 and 36 inches and one fish of at least 40 inches.
Public Hearing Schedule
Start Time: 10:00 AM
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Katharine Cornell Theater
Tisbury Town Hall
54 Spring Street
Tisbury, MA 02568
Start Time: 6:00 PM
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Admiral’s Hall
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
101 Academy Drive
Buzzards Bay, MA 02532
Start Time: 12:00 PM
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Nantucket Community Room
4 Fairgrounds Road
Nantucket, MA 02554
Start Time: 6:00 PM
Tuesday, January 20, 2014
DMF Annisquam River Station
30 Emerson Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01
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