Massachusetts Fishing Regulations
Are you familiar with the fishing regulation in Massachusetts?
It is never a bad idea to check it again before your next outing.
Massachusetts Fishing License
Purchasing a fishing license you are helping to preserve the environment and also ensure that future generations can enjoy fishing as you are.
Among other things, your fishing license fees support fisheries and hatcheries management, education programs about fishing and conservation, protection of endangered species.
Here it is where you can get your fishing license.
Links to Massachusetts Government Agencies
Here are a few websites of Massachusetts's agencies involved in regulation and conservation.
Massachusetts Fishing News
Check out what is the latest fishing buzz in Massachusetts.
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Piccadilly Pub closes restaurants
- Worcester, Auburn, Sturbridge and Westboro locations were shuttered, with notices of closing posted on the doors by the Massachusetts Pub Group. No one answered phones at all other Piccadilly Pub locations in Massachusetts tonight. Messages left ...
- Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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- 2/6/2012 7:45:57 PM
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Three area road races to form Tour de Worcester
- WORCESTER — Three of Central Massachusetts' largest and best-known road races will be strung together as an annual race series, local racing officials announced this morning. The inaugural Tour de Worcester will kick off April 29 with the Lt.
- Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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- 2/6/2012 11:46:20 AM
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Jeff Vrabel: Would you really want me on a jury? Really?!
- Finally, we were marched into basically the setting for everything John Grisham has ever said in his life, complete with a mountainous, pink-skinned judge who referred to us all as "jur-ORs" was kind of funny and made a lot of jokes about fishing that I ..
- Abington Mariner
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- 2/6/2012 4:58:19 AM
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Letter to the editor: ‘Privilege to serve as library trustee’
- Four years ago the Saugus Public Library lost its certification by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC). I, along with all Saugus residents, lost the ability to borrow materials from any city or town in the country except the Saugus Lib
- Abington Mariner
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- 2/6/2012 4:29:41 AM
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Clock is running on efforts to preserve farmland in Spencer
- come away with an appreciation for “a Central Massachusetts gem.” Uses of the property would include hiking, nature study, hunting and fishing. Asked how unusual it was for the state’s leading nonprofit conservation organization to join in ...
- Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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- 2/6/2012 3:03:47 AM
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Bill targets invasive species
- A bit of milfoil was on a boat or piece of fishing ... seen in Massachusetts prior to 2009. Zebra mussels cause ecological damage to the lakes and ponds they infest by feeding on lower-level organisms, which make up the initial food chain that fish and ...
- Newburyport Daily News
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- 2/6/2012 1:02:06 AM
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Commerce pours its heart into Worcester
- With assets of $1.4 billion as of Dec. 31, Commerce is the biggest bank based in Central Massachusetts. It earned $12 million in 2011, up from $7.8 million in 2010. Lending activity has risen 15 percent a year for the past three years ...
- Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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- 2/5/2012 12:01:51 PM
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Recurring Sturbridge business closing draws consumer scrutiny
- The Retailers Association of Massachusetts occasionally sends out reminders to its members about the rules governing going-out-of-business sales, said the association's president, Jon B. Hurst. “There is somewhat of a lack of understanding ...
- Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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- 2/5/2012 5:20:59 AM
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All systems go for 'Great' ice fishing derby in N.H.
- The one big new rule is all fish must be weighed in dead. No live entries or your fish will be disqualified. Meanwhile, closer to home, the ice fishing derby slated ... Sunday hunting legalized here in Massachusetts, something that is long ...
- Lowell Sun
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- 2/5/2012 3:40:46 AM
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Marion McMillin Wooten, 82
- fly fishing and hunting in Wyoming and Colorado. She was predeceased by her husband of 47 years, Simeon, a native of Tampa, in 1998. She is survived by her twin sons; Frank M. Wooten and his wife Susan of Boston, Massachusetts and Simeon F. Wooten ...
- Eagle-Tribune
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- 2/4/2012 10:54:26 PM
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Eradication mission
- The microscopic larvae can then get caught in bilge tanks and on boat trailers and fishing gear, and will spread to another ... and for more information on prevention, contact the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation at ...
- Berkshire Eagle
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- 2/4/2012 8:59:54 PM
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THE WEEK AHEAD
- The theme of this year's forum is "Building the 21st Century STEM Pipeline for the Southcoast and Beyond," with Paul Reville, Massachusetts secretary ... task of setting catch limits for the next fishing year, which begins May 1.
- South Coast Today
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- 2/4/2012 8:52:45 PM
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N.Y. REAL ESTATE FIRM SINKS ROOTS IN BERKSHIRES
- The move into Massachusetts was also spurred by the firm becoming a participating broker for Cabela's Trophy Properties during the summer of 2011, he said. Cabela's sells hunting, fishing and outdoor gear worldwide through its mail-order ...
- North Adams Transcript
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- 2/4/2012 11:55:52 AM
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Museum of Science tells 'Gecko' tales (with video)
- Wandering with her dad through the just-opened “Geckos: Tails to Toepads,” she sees as many kinds of geckos as SpongeBob usually sees of fish. The Dunning School first-grader saw real, live frog-eyed geckos, Chinese cave geckos, skunk geckos ...
- Abington Mariner
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- 2/4/2012 7:09:32 AM
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Trustees of Reservations’ Feb. 5 walk ends in wine
- The extensive conservation efforts in this area by the Trustees of Reservations, Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust, the Westport Land Conservation Trust, the Massachusetts Dept. of Fish and Game, the State Dept. of Agricultural Resources make it possible .
- Abington Mariner
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- 2/4/2012 1:47:25 AM
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Feds seek off-island wind developers
- In 2010, regulators first proposed an area of Massachusetts for wind energy project. But they soon heard from fishermen who complained it encroached on their fishing grounds, as well as areas that had long been shut to them to protect various species.
- Cape Cod Times
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- 2/3/2012 11:31:25 PM
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Flanagan to host meeting of mayors
- Taunton State Hospital and New Bedford’s fishing industry. “We’ll be looking more and more to be working as a region to get more resources into Southeastern Massachusetts,” Flanagan said. The concept is to hold quarterly meetings rotating between ...
- Herald News
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- 2/3/2012 8:10:59 PM
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Feds seek offshore wind developers
- In 2010, regulators first proposed an area of Massachusetts for wind energy project. But they soon heard from fishermen who complained it encroached on their fishing grounds, as well as areas that had long been shut to them to protect various species.
- WHDH.com
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- 2/3/2012 4:57:42 PM
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Feds seek offshore wind developers in Mass. area
- BOSTON—Federal regulators on Friday said they're seeking offshore wind developers who want to build inside a newly redrawn zone of ocean off Massachusetts, which they pitched as a prime spot for wind farms.
- Boston Globe
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- 2/3/2012 4:50:33 PM
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Chalk of the town: Reporter reveals his sidewalk art in Somerville
- I’ve drawn a unicorn, a fish drinking from a glass of ice water, and a lizard that is so large it can be seen from Google Earth. You might have to squint. People love it, and I’m pretty happy with it myself. I like the idea that a piece of art doesn ...
- Abington Mariner
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- 2/3/2012 6:42:06 AM
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Fish deputy ties cod loss to catch shares
- The deputy director of Massachusetts' marine fisheries ... "Sector vessels," members of fishing cooperatives that are allowed to participate in the catch share system, "are in a position to fish in the Gulf of Maine with no catch limits and so they can ...
- Gloucester Daily Times
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- 2/3/2012 2:53:02 AM
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Outdoors: Connecticut farms fight back against deer, crop damage
- Massachusetts has no crop damage permits for orchards, nurseries, farms or other interests damaged by deer. MassWildlife laws, Chapter 131, Section 37 rights, however, are occasionally used to justify control, according to Mass. Fish & Wildlife ...
- Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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- 2/3/2012 1:19:58 AM
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Survival À la Massachusetts
- Two years later, the Republican Massachusetts senator still opposes what he calls “Obamacare” but has found a lot more to love about the Democratic president and his agenda. While many Republican lawmakers have used Obama as the ultimate ...
- Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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- 2/3/2012 1:19:58 AM
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Food For Thought: Rum as a local food and local work of art
- At one point, Massachusetts was rum, producing 70 percent of the ... As Cabot says, privateers made millionaires out of fish mongers by filling a great social void. Rum went along with those fortunes. Now, 200 years later, the Cabots are back in the ...
- Eagle-Tribune
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- 2/2/2012 9:52:23 PM
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Dr. Michael Jones: Get moving with your arthritis
- A diet rich in omega-3s is also a necessity to help lubricate joints and decrease inflammation, so eating good sources of fish or taking a fish oil supplement daily can help as well. Weight loss has also been shown to be effective in helping with joint ...
- Abington Mariner
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- 2/2/2012 2:21:25 PM
Massachusetts Guides/Outfitters
Want to learn a new fishing technique or need some help for you next outing? Check out one of the guide/outfitter services listed below.
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Massachusetts Fishing Clubs
Want to join an interest group near you?
Look up the following list of fishing clubs in Massachusetts.
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