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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 209 FILED ON: 1/7/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 131
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 Kearney4th Plymouth1/7/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 209 FILED ON: 1/7/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 131
By Representative Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 131) of
Patrick Joseph Kearney for legislation to authorize commercial lobster fisherman to fish
according to their permit for 12 months a year in state waters. Agriculture.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 837 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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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:
1 Not withstanding any state law to the contrary, the State of Massachusetts Department of
2Marine Fisheries shall allow any person with a commercial Commonwealth lobster permit issued
3to fish according to his/her permit for 12 months a year in state waters as defined by the United
4Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS).