Section 44A. The director may, by regulation approved by the marine fisheries advisory commission and promulgated pursuant to chapter thirty A, establish a program to protect V–notched lobsters. For purposes of this section, the term ''V–notched lobster'' means a female egg-bearing lobster from which a V–shaped piece of tail has been cut from the first right flipper next to the middle flipper by a person holding or covered by a permit issued pursuant to section thirty-eight.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation
Chapter 130 - Marine Fish and Fisheries
Section 1 - Definitions; Rules of Construction
Section 1a - Division of Marine Fisheries
Section 1b - Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission
Section 3 - Duplicate License, Permit, or Certificate
Section 4a - Administrative Inspections
Section 5 - Jurisdictional Boundaries
Section 8a - Powers of Police Officers
Section 9 - Searches, Seizures and Arrests Without Warrant
Section 10 - Issuance of Search Warrant
Section 12 - Seizure and Forfeiture of Fish Unlawfully Taken, Boats and Apparatus; Sale; Proceeds
Section 13 - Display of Fish Upon Demand; Violations
Section 14 - Limitation of Actions and Prosecutions
Section 15a - Reciprocal Enforcement of Laws Relating to Marine Fisheries
Section 16 - Occupation of Tide Waters or Work Done Therein Subject to Chapter 91
Section 17 - Powers of Director
Section 17a - Management of Marine Fisheries
Section 17b - Aquacultural Enterprises; Permits
Section 17d - Penalties for Violation of Sec. 17c
Section 18 - Illegal Entry on Property Maintained for Experiments, Protection or Propagation of Fish
Section 20a - Propagation of Shellfish; Co-Operation With Coastal Cities and Towns
Section 24 - Violation of Sec. 23; Tort Liability
Section 26 - Jurisdiction and Proceedings to Enforce Secs. 23 to 25
Section 29 - Construction of Weir, Pound Net or Fish Trap
Section 30 - Marking of Weir, Pound Net or Fish Trap With Number of Approval
Section 31 - Destruction or Injury to Weir, Pound Net or Fish Trap
Section 32 - Fishing Gear Swept Ashore by Natural Causes; Recovery
Section 33 - Reports of Owners of Boats and Fishing Gear; Marking of Fish Cars
Section 36 - Closing Portions of Streams Flowing Into Coastal Waters During Spawning Season
Section 37 - Lobsters and Crabs; Licenses
Section 38 - Licenses; Application; Fee; Eligibility; Markings of Buoys; Exhibition of License
Section 38a - Display of License Number and Buoy Colors
Section 38b - Commercial Licenses; Catch Data; Transfers
Section 39 - Hours for Tending, Lifting or Drawing Lobster or Crab Pots or Traps
Section 41 - Taking or Selling Female Lobsters Bearing Eggs
Section 41a - Taking of Female Egg-Bearing Lobsters While Fishing or Landing
Section 42 - Plants for Propagation of Lobsters; Establishment and Maintenance
Section 44a - V–notched Lobster
Section 44b - Limits on Sales of Lobsters Taken by Methods Other Than Pots or Traps
Section 47 - Marking Barrels, Boxes or Containers of Lobsters or Lobster Meat
Section 48 - Disposal of Lobsters or Lobster Meat Seized in Unmarked Containers
Section 49 - Liability of Carrier of Unmarked Containers of Lobsters or Lobster Meat
Section 50 - Forfeiture or Liberation of Seized Lobsters or Lobster Meat
Section 51 - Sale of Native Lobsters; Representations for Purposes of Sale
Section 51a - Sale of Crabmeat; Representations for Purposes of Sale
Section 52 - Taking of Eels, Shellfish and Sea Worms; Areas in Which Commercial Taking Prohibited
Section 53 - Form of Permits; Record of Issuance
Section 55 - Aliens; Shellfish Taken for Commercial Purposes; Permits
Section 56 - Joint Control by Municipalities of Marine Fisheries
Section 57 - Shellfish Aquaculture Licenses
Section 58 - Transfer or Renewal of Licenses
Section 59 - Application for License; Request for Survey and Plan
Section 60 - Hearing on Issuance of License; Notice; Publication
Section 61 - Marking of Territory Covered by License; Maintenance of Markings
Section 62 - Records of Licensed Areas, Licenses Granted, Transfers and Renewals
Section 63 - Exclusive Rights of Licensees or Transferees; Trespass on Licensed Area; Treble Damages
Section 64 - Annual Fee for License
Section 66 - Destruction or Removal of Marks or Bounds; Double Damages
Section 67 - Taking or Disturbing Shellfish From Licensed Grounds or Beds Without Consent
Section 69 - Seed Quahaugs, Clams or Oysters; Taking or Possession
Section 70 - Taking and Sale of Scallops; Adult and Seed Scallops; Culling
Section 71 - Close Season on Scallops
Section 72 - Limitation on Catch of Scallops
Section 74 - Determination of Contaminated Areas; Notice of Results
Section 75 - Shellfish From Contaminated Areas, Permits, Purification; Shellfish Conservation
Section 76 - Construction and Operation of Shellfish Purification Plants; Powers of Commissioner
Section 77 - Cost of Operation
Section 81 - Importation of Shellfish for Consumption; Certification; Labeling of Containers
Section 83 - Permit Fees; Types of Permits
Section 95 - Taking Fish From Fisheries Without Permission
Section 96 - Impairment of Private Property Rights; Contracts; Leasing at Public Auction
Section 98 - Shellfish Constables; Appointment; Powers and Duties; Notice of Appointment
Section 100a - Striped Bass; Regulations
Section 100b - Taking Striped Bass; Methods; Traps
Section 100c - Shad; Methods of Taking
Section 100d - Eels; Methods of Taking
Section 101a - Gray Seal; Protection
Section 102 - Marine Plants; Regulation of Taking
Section 104 - Effect on Special Statutes Relating to Fisheries in Particular Places
Section 105 - Protection of Coastal Wetlands
Section 1c - Division of Marine Fisheries Shellfish Advisory Panel