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Proposed Rulemaking
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal - Chapter 8 Landings Program COMMENT DEADLINE: March 21, 2025
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal - Chapter 36 Atlantic Herring PUBLIC HEARING: March 11, 2025: 4:00 p.m. - COMMENT DEADLINE: March 22, 2025
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal - Chapter 41 Atlantic Menhaden PUBLIC HEARING: March 11, 2025: 5:00 p.m. - COMMENT DEADLINE: March 22, 2025
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal - Chapter 55 Gear Restrictions COMMENT DEADLINE: March 21, 2025
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal - Chapter 94 Sanitary Control of Molluscan Shellfish COMMENT DEADLINE: March 21, 2025
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal Chapter 34 Groundfish PUBLIC HEARINGS: March 3, 2025 at 4:00 pm; March 5, 2025 at 4:00 pm - COMMENT DEADLINE: March 17, 2025
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal Chapter 42 Striped Bass PUBLIC HEARINGS: March 3, 2025 at 5:00 pm; March 5, 2025 at 5:00 pm - COMMENT DEADLINE: March 17, 2025
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 32 Elver Quota System for the 2025 Season COMMENT DEADLINE: February 14, 2025
- Posted : WITHDRAWN: Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 25.76 Lobster Minimum Size PUBLIC HEARINGS: January 7, 2025, 5:00 pm; January 9, 2025, 5:00 pm - COMMENT DEADLINE January 21, 2025
- Posted : Chapter 11 Scallops; 2024-2025 Season COMMENT DEADLINE: October 4, 2024
- Posted : Chapter 2 Aquaculture Lease Regulations COMMENT DEADLINE: October 7, 2024
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 34; Recreational Measures for Cod and Haddock COMMENT DEADLINE: September 13, 2024
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 26 Sea Urchin; 2024-2025 Season COMMENT DEADLINE: August 30, 2024
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal - Chapter 32 Elver Quota System for the 2024 Season and Temporary Medical Transfers of Elver Quota COMMENT DEADLINE: February 26, 2024
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal - Chapter 36 Atlantic Herring; 2024 Administrative Update COMMENT DEADLINE: February 26, 2024
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal - Chapter 41 Atlantic Menhaden; 2024 Season COMMENT DEADLINE: February 26, 2024
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal - Chapter 55 Gear Restrictions COMMENT DEADLINE: February 26, 2024
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal - Chapter 115 Vibrio parahaemolyticus Control Plan COMMENT DEADLINE: February 23, 2024
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal - Chapter 4 Municipal Shellfish Conservation Warden Certification COMMENT DEADLINE: February 23, 2024
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal - Chapter 7 Requirements for Municipalities Having Shellfish Conservation COMMENT DEADLINE: February 23, 2024
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal Chapter 40 Smelt Clarification COMMENT DEADLINE: January 12, 2024
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal - Chapter 34 Recreational Measures for Cod, Haddock and Halibut Clean-up COMMENT DEADLINE: October 13, 2023
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal - Chapter 11 Scallops; 2023-2024 Season PUBLIC HEARING: October 5, 2023, 6:00 p.m. - COMMENT DEADLINE: October 16, 2023
- Posted : Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 25.98 Electronic Tracking Requirements for Federally Permitted Lobster and Jonah Crab License Holders PUBLIC HEARING: October 5, 2023, 5:00 p.m. - COMMENT DEADLINE: October 16, 2023