Massachusetts Chapter 130 — Marine Fish and Fisheries

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 1— Definitions; rules of construction
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 1A— Division of marine fisheries
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 1B— Marine fisheries advisory commission
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 1C— Division of marine fisheries shellfish advisory panel
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 2— Transferability of licenses, permits and certificates of registration; suspension or voidance for violation of marine laws; surrender; impounding fishing gear
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 2A— Repealed, 1977, 363A, Sec. 66
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 2B— Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 381
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 3— Duplicate license, permit, or certificate
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 4— Record of licenses, permits or certificates; inspection; endorsement of date of sale on license, permits and certificates
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 4A— Administrative inspections
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 5— Jurisdictional boundaries
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 8A— Powers of police officers
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 9— Searches, seizures and arrests without warrant
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 10— Issuance of search warrant
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 11— Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 12— Seizure and forfeiture of fish unlawfully taken, boats and apparatus; sale; proceeds
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 13— Display of fish upon demand; violations
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 14— Limitation of actions and prosecutions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 15— Repealed, 1963, 383, Sec. 2
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 15A— Reciprocal enforcement of laws relating to marine fisheries
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 16— Occupation of tide waters or work done therein subject to chapter 91
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 17— Powers of director
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 17A— Management of marine fisheries
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 17B— Aquacultural enterprises; permits
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 17C— Recreational saltwater fishing permit program; finfishing; for-hire fishing; categories; marine recreational fisheries development panel
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 17D— Penalties for violation of Sec. 17C
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 18— Illegal entry on property maintained for experiments, protection or propagation of fish
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 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
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 20— Increase in supply of shellfish; co-operation with coastal cities and towns; treatment or purification of shellfish
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 20A— Propagation of shellfish; co-operation with coastal cities and towns
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 21— Compilation of statistical information useful to marine fish industries; confidentiality; false reports; refusal or failure
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 22— Repealed, 1972, 789, Sec. 1
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 23— Discharge of oil or other poisonous substances into coastal waters; use of explosives; penalty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 24— Violation of Sec. 23; tort liability
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 25— Discharge of sewage or other substance injurious to public health into coastal waters; approved drainage
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 26— Jurisdiction and proceedings to enforce Secs. 23 to 25
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 27— Criminal and tort liability for discharge of sewage or other substance injurious to public health into coastal waters
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 27A— Repealed, 1972, 784, Sec. 2
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 28— Exclusive right of ownership and control of fish of riparian owners of ponds; cultivation rights
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 29— Construction of weir, pound net or fish trap
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 30— Marking of weir, pound net or fish trap with number of approval
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 31— Destruction or injury to fishing gear
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 32— Repealed, 2024, 238, Sec. 238
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 33— Reports of owners of boats and fishing gear; marking of fish cars
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 34— Catching, buying and selling smelt between March 15 and June 15; wholesale or retail dealers
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 35— Taking smelt except by angling; inadvertent taking by net; possession of net, seine or trap as prima facie evidence
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 36— Closing portions of streams flowing into coastal waters during spawning season
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 37— Lobsters and crabs; licenses
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 37A— Green crabs
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 38— Licenses; application; fee; eligibility; markings of buoys; exhibition of license
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 38A— Display of license number and buoy colors
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 38B— Commercial licenses; catch data; transfers
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 39— Hours for tending, lifting or drawing lobster or crab pots or traps
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 40— Repealed, 2020, 227, Sec. 46
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 41— Taking or selling female lobsters bearing eggs
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 41A— Taking of female egg-bearing lobsters while fishing or landing
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 42— Plants for propagation of lobsters; establishment and maintenance
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 43— Conditions for taking or possession of egg-bearing lobsters; rearing and liberating of young; disposition of lobsters
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 44— Sale or possession of short lobsters; mutilation of short lobsters; prima facie evidence
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 44A— V–notched lobster
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 44B— Limits on sales of lobsters taken by methods other than pots or traps
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 47— Marking barrels, boxes or containers of lobsters or lobster meat
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 48— Disposal of lobsters or lobster meat seized in unmarked containers
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 49— Liability of carrier of unmarked containers of lobsters or lobster meat
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 50— Forfeiture or liberation of seized lobsters or lobster meat
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 51— Sale of native lobsters; representations for purposes of sale
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 51A— Sale of crabmeat; representations for purposes of sale
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 52— Taking of eels, shellfish and sea worms; areas in which commercial taking prohibited
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 53— Form of permits; record of issuance
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 54— Cultivation, propagation and protection of shellfish; appropriations by cities and towns; close seasons
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 55— Aliens; shellfish taken for commercial purposes; permits
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 56— Joint control by municipalities of marine fisheries
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 57— Shellfish aquaculture licenses
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 58— Transfer or renewal of licenses
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 59— Application for license; request for survey and plan
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 60— Hearing on issuance of license; notice; publication
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 61— Marking of territory covered by license; maintenance of markings
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 62— Records of licensed areas, licenses granted, transfers and renewals
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 63— Exclusive rights of licensees or transferees; trespass on licensed area; treble damages
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 64— Annual fee for license
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 65— Annual report of shellfish planted, produced and marketed; estimate of growing shellfish; forfeiture for deficiency
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 66— Destruction or removal of marks or bounds; double damages
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 67— Taking or disturbing shellfish from licensed grounds or beds without consent
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 68— Digging, taking or carrying away shellfish from licensed waters, flats or creeks at night
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 68A— Repealed, 1994, 60, Sec. 135
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 69— Seed quahaugs, clams or oysters; taking or possession
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 70— Taking and sale of scallops; adult and seed scallops; culling
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 71— Close season on scallops
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 72— Limitation on catch of scallops
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 73— Granting modification in respect to close season and number of scallops that may be taken; petition; investigation
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 74— Determination of contaminated areas; notice of results
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 74A— Emergency designation of contaminated shellfish areas; enforcement; notice to local authorities
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 75— Shellfish from contaminated areas, permits, purification; shellfish conservation
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 76— Construction and operation of shellfish purification plants; powers of commissioner
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 77— Cost of operation
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 80— Commercial permits and certificates; issuance; transfers; wholesale dealer permit; regulated marine fishery permit; rules and regulations; cancellation; revocation; penalties
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 81— Importation of shellfish for consumption; certification; labeling of containers
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 82— Source of supply of shellfish; tags or labels; contents; record of markings on tags or labels; inspection
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 83— Permit fees; types of permits
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 92— Sale of scallops; soaked scallops; scallops not in shell; marking of containers; common carriers
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 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
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 94— Petition by city and town to control and regulate public fisheries for alewives; regulation and lease of fisheries
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 95— Taking fish from fisheries without permission
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 96— Impairment of private property rights; contracts; leasing at public auction
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 98— Shellfish constables; appointment; powers and duties; notice of appointment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 99— Repealed, 2018, 209, Sec. 59
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 100— Repealed, 1978, 80
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 100A— Striped bass; regulations
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 100B— Taking striped bass; methods; traps
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 100C— Shad; methods of taking
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 100D— Eels; methods of taking
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 101— Repealed, 1962, 222
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 101A— Gray seal; protection
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 102— Marine plants; regulation of taking
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 103— Repealed, 2018, 209, Sec. 65
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 104— Effect on special statutes relating to fisheries in particular places
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 105— Protection of coastal wetlands
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 106— Possessing, selling, offering for sale, trading or distributing of shark fins prohibited; exceptions; penalty for violation