Code of Massachusetts Regulations
322 CMR - Division of Marine Fisheries
Title 322 CMR 16.00 - Shellfish Sanitation, Harvest, Handling And Management
Section 16.09 - Possession of Shellfish from Areas Closed to Commercial Harvesting
Universal Citation: 322 MA Code of Regs 322.16
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) Purpose. Shellfish management in Massachusetts is a cooperative effort between state and municipal government. The purpose of 322 CMR 16.09 is to ensure uniform compliance with state and local shellfish regulations and enhance shellfish populations by prohibiting commercial fishermen and dealers from harvesting or accepting any shellfish from an area that is not open for commercial harvest by the Division or the municipality that regulates commercial harvest in its waters pursuant to M.G.L. c. 130, § 52.
(2) Prohibitions. It shall be unlawful for:
(a) Commercial
fisherman to harvest, attempt to harvest, sell, or attempt to sell any
shellfish from any growing area, or part thereof, that is not open to
commercial harvest by the Division or the municipality that regulates
commercial harvest in its waters pursuant to M.G.L. c. 130, §
52.
(b) A dealer to accept or
attempt to accept from any person shellfish that was taken from a shellfish
growing area, or part thereof, that is not open to commercial harvest by the
Division or the municipality that regulates commercial harvest in its waters
pursuant to M.G.L. c. 130, § 52.
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