Chapter 130 - Marine Fish and Fisheries

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 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 8a - Powers of Police Officers
Section 9 - Searches, Seizures and Arrests Without Warrant
Section 10 - Issuance of Search Warrant
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 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 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 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 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 or Disturbing 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 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 of Shellfish Purification Plants; Powers of Commissioner
Section 77 - Cost of Operation
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 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 98 - Shellfish Constables; Appointment; Powers and Duties; Notice of Appointment
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 101a - Gray Seal; Protection
Section 102 - Marine Plants; Regulation of Taking
Section 104 - Effect on Special Statutes Relating to Fisheries in Particular Places
Section 105 - Protection of Coastal Wetlands
Section 106 - Possessing, Selling, Offering for Sale, Trading or Distributing of Shark Fins Prohibited; Exceptions; Penalty for Violation