Silky, Sandbar, Sand tiger, Bigeye sand tiger, Whale, Basking, White, Dusky, Bignose, Galapagos, Night, Caribbean reef, Narrowtooth , Caribbean sharpnose, Smalltail, Atlantic angel, Longfin mako, Shortfin mako, Bigeye thresher, Sharpnose sevengill, Bluntnose sixgill, Bigeye sixgill The following species are prohibited from harvest: Smooth Dogfish, Atlantic sharpnose, Bonnethead, Finetooth, Blacknose, Tiger, Blacktip, Spinner, Bull, Lemon, Nurse, Scalloped hammerhead, Great hammerhead, Smooth hammerhead, Porbeagle, Common thresher, Oceanic whitetip (1), Blue The following species are allowed to be harvested: Please consult NOAA's Highly Migratory Species Office. Included in total shark bag limit +1 additionalįederal regulations may differ. Additional ResourcesĪll permitted sharks (exceptions listed below) During any open season an angler may retain, possess, and land one trophy fish exceeding the 21" maximum size per calendar day. The most restrictive limit of the per angler bag limit or per vessel maximum limit applies. All recreational anglers are required to use inline circle hooks when fishing for striped bass with whole or cut natural baits, except when fishing with a natural bait attached to an artificial lure (e.g., tube and worm).The use non-lethal devices to remove striped bass from the water is required gaffing striped bass is prohibited.Ĩ) When the tautog fishery is open, private anglers are subject to 10-fish maximum tautog limit for the vessel. Permitted for-hire vessels may fillet striped bass for their customers. Striped bass must be kept whole, meaning the head, tail, and body remain intact. Accordingly, it is also unlawful to keep a striped bass alive in water by attaching a line or chain to the fish (stringer), or placing it in a live well or holding car. The practice of high-grading, whereby legal sized striped bass are released in favor of larger fish caught subsequently is unlawful. The discard of dead legal sized striped bass is unlawful. No more than two fillets per allowed fish may be possessed.ħ ) Striped bass are measured from the tip of the snout or jaw (mouth closed) to the farthest extremity of the tail. It does not apply to holding mackerel in a freezer, fish car, holding car, or shore-based bait well.Ħ) Black sea bass and scup may be filleted but not skinned while at-sea. It is unlawful to take cod from the Summer Cod Conservation Closure from April 16 through July 21. See maps in 322 CMR 8.07 for more details.ĥ) The mackerel limit applies as a daily per angler harvest limit and a per angler possession limit while fishing. Consult NOAA Fisheries for regulations.Ĥ) It is unlawful to fish with hook and line gear in the Winter Cod Conservation Closure from November 15 through January 31. Please consult municipal regulations.Ģ ) Black sea bass are measured from the tip of the snout or jaw (mouth closed) to the farthest extremity of the tail, not including the tail filament.ģ ) Federal rules apply beyond state waters. For more information view our May 4 advisory.ġ) Subject to regulation by the Division and the municipality. Until the new rule is adopted, the status quo 28" to less than 35" slot limit remains in effect. The New England states are aiming to adopt this by Memorial Day weekend. ** The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission recently approved an emergency addendum to the fishery management plan requiring coastal states adopt a 28" to less than 31" slot slot limit by no later than July 2, 2023. For more information, please see April 27 advisory. Gulf of Maine refers to all waters north of Cape Cod, including Cape Cod Bay, and those waters east of Cape Cod that are north of 42 ☀0'N latitude. Southern New England refers to all waters south and west of Cape Cod, including Nantucket Sound, Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay and Mount Hope Bay, and all waters east of Cape Cod that are south of 42 ☀0'N latitude including Nauset Harbor and Pleasant Bay. Status quo limits (as described in the table above) remain in effect of start of federal fishing year on May 1. DMF will match federal rules once they are finalized. * For cod and haddock, federal rule making is ongoing and limits are expected to change during the late-spring or early summer. Please consult NOAA Fisheries for permitting requirements and regulations. Tunas, billfish, and swordfish are managed by NOAA's Highly Migratory Species Office. During closed seasons, retention, possession, and landing is prohibited and and all catch must be released. For any dates not listed in the "Season" column, the recreational fishery is closed.
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