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Section 1Definitions; rules of construction
Section 1ADivision of marine fisheries
Section 1BMarine fisheries advisory commission
Section 2Transferability of licenses, permits and certificates of registration; suspension or voidance for violation of marine laws; surrender; impounding fishing gear
Section 2ARepealed, 1977, 363A, Sec. 66
Section 2BRepealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 381
Section 3Duplicate license, permit, or certificate
Section 4Record of licenses, permits or certificates; inspection; endorsement of date of sale on license, permits and certificates
Section 4AAdministrative inspections
Section 5Jurisdictional boundaries
Section 6 to 8Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
Section 8APowers of police officers
Section 9Searches, seizures and arrests without warrant
Section 10Issuance of search warrant
Section 11Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
Section 12Seizure and forfeiture of fish unlawfully taken, boats and apparatus; sale; proceeds
Section 13Display of fish upon demand; violations
Section 14Limitation of actions and prosecutions
Section 15Repealed, 1963, 383, Sec. 2
Section 15AReciprocal enforcement of laws relating to marine fisheries
Section 16Occupation of tide waters or work done therein subject to chapter 91
Section 17Powers of director
Section 17AManagement of marine fisheries
Section 17BAquacultural enterprises; permits
Section 17CRecreational saltwater fishing permit program; finfishing; for-hire fishing; categories; marine recreational fisheries development panel
Section 17DPenalties for violation of Sec. 17C
Section 18Illegal entry on property maintained for experiments, protection or propagation of fish
Section 19Providing passage for salt water fish into fresh water to spawn; refusal or neglect to repair or construct fishway; operation and maintenance of fishways
Section 20Increase in supply of shellfish; co-operation with coastal cities and towns; treatment or purification of shellfish
Section 20APropagation of shellfish; co-operation with coastal cities and towns
Section 21Compilation of statistical information useful to marine fish industries; confidentiality; false reports; refusal or failure
Section 22Repealed, 1972, 789, Sec. 1
Section 23Discharge of oil or other poisonous substances into coastal waters; use of explosives; penalty
Section 24Violation of Sec. 23; tort liability
Section 25Discharge of sewage or other substance injurious to public health into coastal waters; approved drainage
Section 26Jurisdiction and proceedings to enforce Secs. 23 to 25
Section 27Criminal and tort liability for discharge of sewage or other substance injurious to public health into coastal waters
Section 27ARepealed, 1972, 784, Sec. 2
Section 28Exclusive right of ownership and control of fish of riparian owners of ponds; cultivation rights
Section 29Construction of weir, pound net or fish trap
Section 30Marking of weir, pound net or fish trap with number of approval
Section 31Destruction or injury to weir, pound net or fish trap
Section 32Fishing gear swept ashore by natural causes; recovery
Section 33Reports of owners of boats and fishing gear; marking of fish cars
Section 34Catching, buying and selling smelt between March 15 and June 15; wholesale or retail dealers
Section 35Taking smelt except by angling; inadvertent taking by net; possession of net, seine or trap as prima facie evidence
Section 36Closing portions of streams flowing into coastal waters during spawning season
Section 37Lobsters and crabs; licenses
Section 37AGreen crabs
Section 38Licenses; application; fee; eligibility; markings of buoys; exhibition of license
Section 38ADisplay of license number and buoy colors
Section 38BCommercial licenses; catch data; transfers
Section 39Hours for tending, lifting or drawing lobster or crab pots or traps
Section 40Closed season on edible crabs
Section 41Taking or selling female lobsters bearing eggs
Section 41ATaking of female egg-bearing lobsters while fishing or landing
Section 42Plants for propagation of lobsters; establishment and maintenance
Section 43Conditions for taking or possession of egg-bearing lobsters; rearing and liberating of young; disposition of lobsters
Section 44Sale or possession of short lobsters; mutilation of short lobsters; prima facie evidence
Section 44AV-notched lobster
Section 44BLimits on sales of lobsters taken by methods other than pots or traps
Section 45, 46Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
Section 47Marking barrels, boxes or containers of lobsters or lobster meat
Section 48Disposal of lobsters or lobster meat seized in unmarked containers
Section 49Liability of carrier of unmarked containers of lobsters or lobster meat
Section 50Forfeiture or liberation of seized lobsters or lobster meat
Section 51Sale of native lobsters; representations for purposes of sale
Section 51ASale of crabmeat; representations for purposes of sale
Section 52Taking of eels, shellfish and sea worms; areas in which commercial taking prohibited
Section 53Form of permits; record of issuance
Section 54Cultivation, propagation and protection of shellfish; appropriations by cities and towns; close seasons
Section 55Aliens; shellfish taken for commercial purposes; permits
Section 56Joint control by municipalities of marine fisheries
Section 57Shellfish aquaculture licenses
Section 58Transfer or renewal of licenses
Section 59Application for license; request for survey and plan
Section 60Hearing on issuance of license; notice; publication
Section 61Marking of territory covered by license; maintenance of markings
Section 62Records of licensed areas, licenses granted, transfers and renewals
Section 63Exclusive rights of licensees or transferees; trespass on licensed area; treble damages
Section 64Annual fee for license
Section 65Annual report of shellfish planted, produced and marketed; estimate of growing shellfish; forfeiture for deficiency
Section 66Destruction or removal of marks or bounds; double damages
Section 67Taking shellfish from licensed grounds or beds without consent
Section 68Digging, taking or carrying away shellfish from licensed waters, flats or creeks at night
Section 68ARepealed, 1994, 60, Sec. 135
Section 69Seed quahaugs, clams or oysters; taking or possession
Section 70Taking and sale of scallops; adult and seed scallops; culling
Section 71Close season on scallops
Section 72Limitation on catch of scallops
Section 73Granting modification in respect to close season and number of scallops that may be taken; petition; investigation
Section 74Determination of contaminated areas; notice of results
Section 74AEmergency designation of contaminated shellfish areas; enforcement; notice to local authorities
Section 75Shellfish from contaminated areas, permits, purification; shellfish conservation
Section 76Construction and operation; powers of commissioner
Section 77Cost of operation
Section 78, 79Repealed, 1961, 506, Sec. 3
Section 80Commercial permits and certificates; issuance; transfers; wholesale dealer permit; regulated marine fishery permit; rules and regulations; cancellation; revocation; penalties
Section 81Importation of shellfish for consumption; certification; labeling of containers
Section 82Source of supply of shellfish; tags or labels; contents; record of markings on tags or labels; inspection
Section 83Permit fees; types of permits
Section 84 to 91Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
Section 92Sale of scallops; soaked scallops; scallops not in shell; marking of containers; common carriers
Section 93Opening ditches or canals for fisheries for propagation of herring, alewives and other food fish; acquisition of land and waters; regulation and leasing of fisheries
Section 94Petition by city and town to control and regulate public fisheries for alewives; regulation and lease of fisheries
Section 95Taking fish from fisheries without permission
Section 96Impairment of private property rights; contracts; leasing at public auction
Section 97, 97ARepealed, 1973, 653
Section 98Shellfish constables; appointment; powers and duties; notice of appointment
Section 99Carrying fish out of commonwealth in vessel or smack owned without commonwealth
Section 100Repealed, 1978, 80
Section 100AStriped bass; regulations
Section 100BTaking striped bass; methods; traps
Section 100CShad; methods of taking
Section 100DEels; methods of taking
Section 101Repealed, 1962, 222
Section 101AGray seal; protection
Section 102Marine plants; regulation of taking
Section 103Starfish, winkles or cockles; disposition above high water mark
Section 104Effect on special statutes relating to fisheries in particular places
Section 105Protection of coastal wetlands