Protected fish in Massachusetts
January 14, 2018
You can’t keep some species of freshwater fish if you catch them. Remove the hook or cut line and return the fish to water immediately — do not pose for photographs, place on a stringer, hold in a net, or delay in any way the immediate return and release of these fish:
- Sturgeon (all species)
- American brook lamprey
- Bridle shiner
- Eastern silvery minnow
- Lake chub
- Longnose sucker
- Northern redbelly dance
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