HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2209        FILED ON: 2/16/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 952

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Patrick Joseph Kearney

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act to open the Massachusetts lobster fishery.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

2/16/2021

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

2/25/2021

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

2/25/2021

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

2/26/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2209        FILED ON: 2/16/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 952

By Mr. Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 952) of Patrick Joseph Kearney and others for legislation to authorize commercial lobster fisherman to fish according to their permit for 12 months a year in state waters.  Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 814 OF 2019-2020.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act to open the Massachusetts lobster fishery.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Not withstanding any state law to the contrary, the State of Massachusetts Department of Marine Fisheries shall allow any person with a commercial Commonwealth lobster permit issued to fish according to his/her permit for 12 months a year in state waters as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS).