Garden State fluke fishermen will have a longer season and a lower minimum size in a new slot limit for 2022.

The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) is considering making the Cape Cod Canal a recreational-only fishing area.

Massachusetts DMF asks Rhode Island to keep regs consistent.

Bag Limit Reduced to 3 for Overfished Bluefish

The Addendum reduces all state commercial quotas by 18%, and implements a 1 fish bag limit and a 28”-35” recreational slot limit for ocean fisheries and a 1 fish bag limit and an 18” minimum size limit for Chesapeake Bay recreational fisheries.

The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) will be proposing to implement two new conservation measures for the striped bass fisheries aimed at minimizing the number of fish that are killed through hooking and releasing.

By this time of year, the Massachusetts’ commercial striped bass fishing season is usually in the books.

Senate Commerce Committee Passes Landmark Legislation with Bipartisan Support Alexandria, VA – February 28, 2018 – Today, the U.

The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) must decide between allowing a 1-cod limit in state waters and keeping the haddock fishery open to anglers during the month of May.

The vessels were in possession of hundreds of pounds of various fish illegally taken that included black sea bass, scup, tautog, bluefish, striped bass and sea robins, which were seized.