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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Crash course
- M ARSHFIELD - When it comes to fishing at sea, hazardous conditions are part of the job: It’s tough work that requires long hours and hard labor, often in bad weather. © Copyright 2012 Globe Newspaper Company.
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- 3/18/2012 3:15:10 AM
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Contract for printer network
- Also at the meeting, the board approved a fish-trap license application from Douglas W. Heath to place traps off Cat Island. - Steven Rosenberg
- Boston Globe
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- 3/17/2012 9:53:02 PM
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Downtown New Bedford is back
- By next summer, you'll finally be able to easily walk across Route 18 to one of the few remaining vibrant fishing ports in New England ... one of the best qualities of life in Southeastern Massachusetts. I've lived in this downtown since ...
- South Coast Today
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- 3/17/2012 8:55:46 PM
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Golden: Mapping MetroWest
- A few days ago, Bonham’s, the English auction house, exhibited a selection of rare and historic manuscript maps of Massachusetts and North America ... Its natural supply of fish and fertile river valleys, where the “Three Queens” (corn, squash ...
- Abington Mariner
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- 3/17/2012 8:34:18 PM
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Sen. John Kerry hosts tour, summit of Massachusetts energy sector
- BOSTON - U.S. Sen. John Kerry plans to host a meeting between U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Massachusetts companies in the "clean energy" sector. Kerry and Chu also plan to tour SunCatalytix, a startup company in Cambridge that is ...
- Boston Herald
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- 3/17/2012 9:14:16 AM
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Fishermen to rally in DC as industry struggles
- The bill would ease fish catch cutbacks by giving fishermen more time to rebuild struggling species. Jim Hutchinson, managing director of the Recreational Fishing Alliance ... Donofrio said Massachusetts U.S. Sens. John Kerry, a Democrat, and Scott ...
- Salem News
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- 3/17/2012 8:45:38 AM
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Reform and relief eyed for temporary workers
- In the their second example, the authors point to a 2010 investigation by the Attorney General’s Office of Naked Fish in Natick. The restaurant employed temp workers from a Natick-based temp agency called Operation Management. The restaurant ...
- Abington Mariner
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- 3/17/2012 8:02:41 AM
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Fishing industry plans rally for jobs
- Fishermen from California to New England plan to rally for their struggling industry in Washington next week with an election year message for Congress: helping the fishing industry will save jobs. Organizers expect a roster of lawmakers to ...
- Boston Globe
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- 3/16/2012 11:41:36 PM
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Robert Allen Hughes,
- He was raised in Andover MA and was a graduate of Andover High School where he was a standout football and baseball player, he continued his education and graduated from the University of Massachusetts ... he enjoyed hunting, fishing, snowmobiling and ...
- Eagle-Tribune
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- 3/16/2012 10:58:39 PM
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Lord & Taylor opens its doors
- Spahn, formerly of Long Island, was one of many customers who had shopped at the New York-based chain's other stores, including a handful in Massachusetts ... New Hampshire Fish and Game officials say the parents of 9-year-old Devin Frenette of Hampstead .
- Eagle-Tribune
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- 3/16/2012 10:22:52 PM
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Reform and relief eyed for temporary workers
- In the their second example, the authors point to a 2010 investigation by the Attorney General’s Office of Naked Fish in Natick. The restaurant employed temp workers from a Natick-based temp agency called Operation Management. The restaurant was ...
- MetroWest Daily News
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- 3/16/2012 9:54:14 PM
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Fishermen looking for help from Washington
- The bill would ease fish catch cutbacks by giving fishermen more time to rebuild struggling species. Jim Hutchinson, managing director of the Recreational Fishing Alliance ... Donofrio said Massachusetts U.S. Sens. John Kerry, a Democrat ...
- Berkshire Eagle
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- 3/16/2012 9:11:17 PM
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Bay State Fishermen To Rally In Washington
- BOSTON -- Thousands of fishermen from Massachusetts to California are expected to descend on Washington next week to rally for their struggling industry. They are bringing an election-year message to Congress: Helping the fishing industry will save jobs.
- Boston Channel
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- 3/16/2012 6:40:57 PM
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Volunteers clean Taunton's Three Mile River at Boyden Refuge
- Canoeists — not to mention turtles and fish — once again will be able to enjoy the Three ... Taunton police divers were joined on Wednesday by members of the Southeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council, a regional group consisting of police ...
- Abington Mariner
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- 3/16/2012 5:29:22 PM
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Residents back bridge at Muddy Creek
- The Massachusetts Estuaries Project had called for removing 100 ... They laid down 20 transects to study the vegetation present, collected data on animals, birds and fish, surveyed the basin and recorded tidal flows. “Alewives (river herring) were ...
- Abington Mariner
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- 3/16/2012 1:04:31 PM
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Framingham firm joins AG Coakley's food drive
- Participants include the Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts, Boston Bar Association ... Northeastern University Phi Alpha Delta; Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP; Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC; Pierce, Davis + PerritanoLLP ...
- MetroWest Daily News
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- 3/16/2012 8:53:58 AM
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Heavy demand expected as iPad goes on sale Friday
- U.S. Sen. Scott Brown is questioning NOAA's decision to spend $150,000 in "scarce fisheries research" funding to hold a "sweepstakes" under the guise of studying fishing economics. "The Massachusetts fishing industry is on the brink of collapse due to ...
- Salem News
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- 3/16/2012 3:46:10 AM
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Land buy will protect Fitchburg watershed
- The City Council is reviewing the offer of a $50,000 Forest Legacy Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation ... The Fitchburg and Scott reservoirs are also open to shoreline fishing.
- Sentinel & Enterprise
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- 3/16/2012 3:31:51 AM
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Seafood group backs off catch share spin
- Deval Patrick and Massachusetts officials and social scientists, Jackson said any increase in revenues should be discounted as "illusory" without factoring in the price of fishing and leasing quota. "Since the cost of buying certain species of fish are not
- Gloucester Daily Times
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- 3/16/2012 2:48:54 AM
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Tom McKenna, Northampton native
- Their cabin in the woods allowed him to enjoy hunting, fishing, snowshoeing ... Tom is survived by his wife of 30 years, Gail; his three sons in Massachusetts, Eric, Todd and Mark; and one granddaughter, Caitlin McKenna. He is also survived ...
- Daily Hampshire Gazette
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- 3/15/2012 10:16:53 PM
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Pilgrim station focus of forum March 27: Opponents question relicensing
- Nuclear power in New England The electric grid in Massachusetts and the region is managed by ISO ... “The plant takes in 300 billion gallons daily. It takes in eggs and fish and spills it all out at a higher temperature, up to 130 degrees of scalding ...
- Abington Mariner
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- 3/15/2012 10:21:04 AM
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Pioneer Valley Red Cross gives out six Hometown Hero awards
- The Rosienskis were taking part in a bass fishing tournament when they were alerted to ... The event was presented by Columbia Gas of Massachusetts with leadership support provided by OMG Inc. of Agawam, Channel 22 News, Zasco Production of ...
- Union-News & Sunday Republican
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- 3/15/2012 9:45:16 AM
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Hingham citizens petition would amend Lincoln Maritime Center lease
- “What if there was another sailing or fishing program that was interested in leasing the Wharf that would be excluded from putting in a bid?” Last December, after months of negotiations, the Selectmen, on behalf of the town, signed an amendment to the ...
- Abington Mariner
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- 3/15/2012 3:25:53 AM
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BUSINESS NOTES: March 15
- She is board certified in Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology and is a member of the Legislative Committee for the Massachusetts Pain Initiative ... has grant training funds available for fishing industry employees and their spouses who are looking to ...
- Abington Mariner
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- 3/15/2012 3:18:43 AM
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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