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42° 34.3'70° 39.9'
42° 32.8'70° 45.9'
42° 27.6'70° 50.3'
42° 24.7'70° 54.4'
42° 21.9'70° 52.2'
42° 18.6'70° 50.1'
42° 16.4'70° 44.8'
42° 05.6'70° 36.5'
41° 59.9'70° 35.1'
41° 55.2'70° 30.4'
41° 47.1'70° 28.1'
41° 45.1'70° 16.5'
41° 46.4'70° 09.8'
41° 48.9'70° 10.9'
41° 56.3'70° 05.9'
42° 02.0'70° 10.2'
42° 00.7'70° 06.4'
PLYMOUTH
BOSTON
TAUNTON
DARTMOUTH
BARNSTABLE
WESTPORT
FALMOUTH
SANDWICH
NANTUCKET
BOURNE
WAREHAM
IPSWICH
FALL RIVER
FREETOWN
TRURO
DENNIS
MASHPEE
DIGHTON
HINGHAM
NEWBURY
HARWICH
DUXBURY
SWANSEA
MARSHFIELD
BREWSTER
YARMOUTH
EDGARTOWN
QUINCY
LYNN
ESSEX
ROWLEY
CHILMARK
KINGSTON
BERKLEY
MILTON
PEABODY
WELLFLEET
SCITUATE
BEVERLY
SALISBURY
DANVERS
CHATHAM
WEST TISBURY
MARIONACUSHNET
WEYMOUTH
ORLEANS
EASTHAM
NEW BEDFORD
SAUGUS
BRAINTREE
MATTAPOISETT
SALEM
FAIRHAVEN
GLOUCESTER
COHASSET
MEDFORD
GOSNOLD
TISBURY
SOMERSET
REVERE
PROVINCETOWN
ROCKPORT
OAK BLUFFS
MALDEN
MANCHESTER
NEWBURYPORT
AQUINNAH
HULL
EVERETTSOMERVILLE
MARBLEHEAD
CHELSEA
SWAMPSCOTT
WINTHROP
NAHANT
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
251 Causeway Street Suite 400Boston, MA 02114(617) 626-1520
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Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
Mobile Gear Regulated Areas
"ROLLING" CLOSURES(Compliments Federal Rule)
-- AREA Between 42° 00' and 42° 30' Closed from April 1 - May 31 and from October 1 - November 30
-- AREA Between 42° 30' and the border of New Hampshire Closed from April 1 - June 30
-- AREA South of 42° 00' Latitude and East of 70° 00' Longitude Closed during the month of May
FISH WEIRSNo fishing may take place within 150 feetof a fish weir bowl and within 200 feeton either side of the leader extending 500 feetalong the leader from the first leader pole.
FLOUNDER SPAWNING CLOSURE LINEFrom February 1 to May 31 all waters are closed to commercialfishing inshore of the Flounder Spawning Closure Line fromNew Hampshire to Provincetown.
Exceptions: Mid-water trawling for sea herring.Special permit required. No flounder may be retained.
GEAR RESTRICTIONS
Mobile Gear is defined as after trawl, pair trawl,beam trawl, Scottish seine, Danish seine, pair seine,or other similar devices including scallop dredges.
Maximum vessel size is 72 feet in length over all.A special permit is required to fish with mobile gearin waters under Massachusetts jurisdiction.No night fishing
ROLLERSNet rollers must not exceed 12 inchesin diameter in state waters.
DREDGESSea scallop dredges or combinationof dredges cannot exceed 10 feet.
NET MESH SIZE
In all state watersnorth of Loran Cline 9960-Y-43940net mesh size mustbe at least6.5" in thecodend and 6"in the remainderof the net.
Between April 23rd - June 9th squidtrawlers may usesmall mesh.
Contact DMF
INSHORE NET AREASEstuaries, embayments, salt ponds,tidal creeks and rivers in whichall fishing with any type of net isprohibited; unless a special permitis obtained from DMF. Defined in322 CMR 4.02 or contact DMFfor locations.
NOTE:Regulations may change following the publication of this map.Contact the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheriesto learn about such changes. These regulations are current as ofMay 2005.
The coastline in the Chatham - Monomoy area is under continuouschange. The coasline displayed is from October 2002. For information on how coastal changes have alterd the inshore net area linecontact the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries.
DATA SOURCES
Fisheries Regulatory Areas- Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, Code of Massachusetts Regulations 322 100-1200State Territorial Waters- Muskeget Channel, 1990 NOAA CHARTS 1:80,000- 3 Miles off Cuttyhunk Baseline, US vs. MAINE 1981 Supplemental Decree- Other Areas, 1984 NOAA CHARTS 1:80,000Coastline- Coastline from USGS 1:100,000 DLG's- Town Boundaries automated from USGS 1:25,000 Quads
FISHERIES WITHIN NANTUCKET SOUNDARE MANAGED BY THE MASSACHUSETTSDIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES
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MassachusettsRhode Island
NOTE: This map should not be used for navigation
Map Produced on May 23, 2005Updated April 30, 2012
REGULATED AREAS
Inshore Net Areas Closed Year RoundArea Designations
AREA Closed Year Round
AREA 1a Closed April 1 - April 30
AREA 1b Closed April 1 - April 30 and June 1 - September 15
AREAS 2a and 2b Closed May 1 - October 31
AREA 3 Closed April 1 - October 31
AREA 4 Closed April 1 - December 31
AREA 5 Closed April 1 - June 14 and October 1 - January 31 Special Endorsement Required
AREA 6 Closed May 1 - December 14 Special Endorsement Required
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# # # # # #AREA 7a Closed April 23 - October 31 out to 1/4 mile Closed June 1 - October 31 out to 1/2 mile
AREA 7b Closed May 1 - October 31
Boundary Lines
Net Mesh Size Regulations Lines
Nantucket Sound Managment Line (70 W)
Flounder Spawning Closure Line
State Territorial Seas Line
Departmentof Fish and GameGIS Program
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