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2006 Massachusetts Code - CHAPTER 131. — INLAND FISHERIES AND GAME AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES.
- Chapter 131 — Section 1. Definitions; rules of construction.
- Chapter 131: Section 1A. Division of fisheries and wildlife; board; members
- Chapter 131: Section 1B. Removal of board members
- Chapter 131: Section 1C. Conflicts of interest
- Chapter 131: Section 1D. Reimbursement
- Chapter 131: Section 1E. Meetings
- Chapter 131: Section 1F. Director
- Chapter 131: Section 1G. Director; powers and duties
- Chapter 131: Section 1H. Bureau of wildlife research and management
- Chapter 131: Section 1I. Damage by moose or deer
- Chapter 131 — Section 2. Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 384 .
- Chapter 131 — Section 2A. Wildland acquisition account.
- Chapter 131 — Section 2B. Deposit of inland fisheries and game fund revenues.
- Chapter 131 — Section 3. Disposition of fines, penalties and forfeitures.
- Chapter 131 — Section 4. Powers of director.
- Chapter 131 — Section 5. Open seasons; rules and regulations.
- Chapter 131 — Section 5A. [There is no 131:5A.]
- Chapter 131 — Section 5B. Nongame wildlife program; administration; advisory committee.
- Chapter 131 — Section 5C. Lawful taking of fish or wildlife; obstruction orinterference.
- Chapter 131 — Section 6. Acquisition of rights, privileges, lands and properties.
- Chapter 131 — Section 7. Wildlife sanctuaries; trusts.
- Chapter 131 — Section 8. Use of wildlife sanctuaries and preserves; rules and regulations.
- Chapter 131 — Section 9. Publication of order establishing wildlife sanctuary; posting.
- Chapter 131 — Section 10. Hunting or trapping within wildlife sanctuary.
- Chapter 131 — Section 10A. Nature preserves; designation.
- Chapter 131 — Section 10B. Nature preserve council.
- Chapter 131 — Section 10C. Release of nature preserve.
- Chapter 131 — Section 10D. Consultation; rules and regulations.
- Chapter 131 — Section 11. Licenses; requirements; fees.
- Chapter 131 — Section 12. Licenses; issuance; form; display.
- Chapter 131 — Section 13. Construction of licensing laws; archery or primitive firearm season ondeer; migratory waterfowl season; certificates for veterans hospitals andschools for mentally retarded.
- Chapter 131 — Section 13A. Wildlands conservation stamps.
- Chapter 131 — Section 14. Hunter education programs; issuance of licenses to minors;target practice; confiscation of firearms.
- Chapter 131 — Section 15. Issuance of special complimentary certificate to officials of other states.
- Chapter 131 — Section 16. Loss or destruction of license; duplicates.
- Chapter 131 — Section 17. Retention of part of license fee by issuing officer or person.
- Chapter 131 — Section 17A. Municipal processing fee for sale of licenses.
- Chapter 131 — Section 17B. Notice of intent not to sell licenses.
- Chapter 131 — Section 18. License record books; payment of monies by issuing officer to director;surety bonds.
- Chapter 131 — Section 19. License to put fish or spawn into inland waters; permit to import livefish or viable eggs, certification, inspection for disease, and disposition.
- Chapter 131 — Section 19A. Permit to import live birds or mammals; rules and regulations; inspectionand testing for disease; certification; disposition.
- Chapter 131 — Section 20. Field trials for retriever or bird dogs.
- Chapter 131 — Section 21. Training of hunting dogs; field trials.
- Chapter 131 — Section 21A. Hunting practices prohibited; punishment.
- Chapter 131 — Section 22. Sale of fish and game.
- Chapter 131 — Section 22A. Disposition of deer; rules and regulations; permits; fees.
- Chapter 131 — Section 23. Propagation, dealing, etc., in fish, birds, mammals, reptiles oramphibians; rules and regulations; licenses; fees.
- Chapter 131 — Section 24. Dealers' licenses; sale for food purposes.
- Chapter 131 — Section 25. Possession of live birds, mammals, reptiles or amphibians; sale; tags;labels; accounts.
- Chapter 131 — Section 25A. Quarantine of diseased fish, birds, mammals, etc.; order or notice;procedures; liability for expenses.
- Chapter 131 — Section 25B. Destruction and disposal of diseased fish, birds, mammals, etc., underquarantine.
- Chapter 131 — Section 25C. Fish, birds, mammals, etc., under quarantine deemed diseased; prohibitedacts; penalties.
- Chapter 131 — Section 26. Importation of fish, birds, mammals, reptiles or amphibians; shipments;tags; violations; seizure and disposition.
- Chapter 131 — Section 26A. Repealed, 1990, 408, Sec. 2.
- Chapter 131 — Section 27. Taxidermists' licenses; permits; accounts; shipments.
- Chapter 131 — Section 28. Fur buyers' licenses; shipments; accounts.
- Chapter 131 — Section 29. Natural history associations and museums, zoos.
- Chapter 131 — Section 30. Permits for netting of carp and suckers.
- Chapter 131 — Section 31. Commercial shooting preserves; permits, conditions.
- Chapter 131 — Section 32. Licenses; expiration; loan or transfer; production for examination;suspension or revocation.
- Chapter 131 — Section 33. Altering, forging, or counterfeiting licenses, permit, etc.
- Chapter 131 — Section 34. Conviction for violations, licenses.
- Chapter 131 — Section 35. Failure to carry license or wear it in visible manner.
- Chapter 131 — Section 36. Fishing, hunting, or trapping on private, posted land.
- Chapter 131 — Section 37. Killing of game by owner or tenant of land; reports.
- Chapter 131 — Section 38. Farmers; permit to trap and kill birds.
- Chapter 131 — Section 39. Repealed, 1995, 38, Sec. 143.
- Chapter 131 — Section 39A. Berkshire county; watershed resources; natural scenic qualities.
- Chapter 131 — Section 40. Removal, filling, dredging or altering of land bordering waters.
- Chapter 131 — Section 40A. Orders protecting inland wetlands.
- Chapter 131 — Section 40B. Farmland advisory committee; meetings; advisory duties.
- Chapter 131 — Section 41. Protection of fisheries from discharge of waste materials into inlandwaters.
- Chapter 131 — Section 42. Protection of fish in inland waters; pollution; alteration of flows orwater levels; application of section; damages.
- Chapter 131 — Section 43. Poisons.
- Chapter 131 — Section 44. Deposit of garbage, etc., on property while hunting, fishing or trapping.
- Chapter 131 — Section 45. Great ponds; public use; rules and regulations.
- Chapter 131 — Section 46. Measurement of ponds.
- Chapter 131 — Section 47. Riparian proprietors; enclosure of waters.
- Chapter 131 — Section 48. Draining of pond, reservoir or other body of water.
- Chapter 131 — Section 49. Ponds on state boundary; fishing.
- Chapter 131 — Section 50. Methods of taking fish; angling, nets and seines, pots, spearing, bow andarrow.
- Chapter 131 — Section 51. Taking of trout in coastal waters.
- Chapter 131 — Section 52. Taking of shiners, etc., for bait.
- Chapter 131 — Section 52A. Commercial taking of eels in inland waters, violations; penalties.
- Chapter 131 — Section 53. Fishing with floats; toggle fishing.
- Chapter 131 — Section 54. Fish traps, nets and seines, hooks.
- Chapter 131 — Section 55. Forfeiture of net, seine, or other device; forfeiture of fish.
- Chapter 131 — Section 56. Special statutes relating to fisheries; alewife fisheries.
- Chapter 131 — Section 57. Sundays.
- Chapter 131 — Section 58. Shooting upon or across highway; hunting near dwelling.
- Chapter 131 — Section 59. Reservations, parks, public lands; hunting; state forests.
- Chapter 131 — Section 60. Careless or negligent use of weapons causing injury or death to another;report.
- Chapter 131 — Section 61. Careless or negligent use of weapons causing damage to property orlivestock; tort liability.
- Chapter 131 — Section 62. Intoxicating liquor or drugs.
- Chapter 131 — Section 63. Loaded shotgun or rifle in motor vehicle, aircraft ormotorboat.
- Chapter 131 — Section 64. Automatic firearms, machine guns; bows; tracer ammunition.
- Chapter 131 — Section 65. Hunting from motor vehicle, snowmobile, aircraft or watercraft.
- Chapter 131 — Section 66. Shotgun shells, load.
- Chapter 131 — Section 67. Rifles, revolvers and pistols; caliber.
- Chapter 131 — Section 68. Hunting with artificial light; swivel or pivot gun.
- Chapter 131 — Section 69. Bows and arrows for hunting.
- Chapter 131 — Section 70. Hunting with rifle, revolver or pistol, or by the aid of a dog; primitivefirearms.
- Chapter 131 — Section 71. Orange clothing while hunting.
- Chapter 131 — Section 72. Deer tags.
- Chapter 131 — Section 73. Hunting moose.
- Chapter 131 — Section 74. Bird nests and eggs.
- Chapter 131 — Section 75. Wild turkey.
- Chapter 131 — Section 75A. Birds of prey.
- Chapter 131 — Section 76. Removal of mammal from hole, or from under ledge, stone or log.
- Chapter 131 — Section 77. Ferrets; possession and use.
- Chapter 131 — Section 77A. Wild canid and wild felid hybrids; regulations.
- Chapter 131 — Section 78. Protection of property by owner or tenant; transportation of firearms toor from range.
- Chapter 131 — Section 79. Trap, net or snare; use restricted.
- Chapter 131 — Section 80. Registration and identification of traps.
- Chapter 131 — Section 80A. Leghold traps and certain other devices restricted;punishment.
- Chapter 131 — Section 81. Suspension of open seasons because of fire hazard.
- Chapter 131 — Section 82. Dogs chasing, hunting, molesting, attacking or killing deer prohibited.
- Chapter 131 — Section 83. Sparrows and starlings.
- Chapter 131 — Section 84. Pigeons.
- Chapter 131 — Section 85. Transportation of fish, etc., into or out of commonwealth.
- Chapter 131 — Section 86. Property used for scientific experiments or investigations or forpropagation.
- Chapter 131 — Section 87. Arrest without warrant; seizures and forfeitures.
- Chapter 131 — Section 88. Display of fish, game, and equipment for inspection.
- Chapter 131 — Section 89. Search warrants; seizures and forfeitures.
- Chapter 131 — Section 90. Penalties.
- Chapter 131 — Section 90A. Suspension of license in another state or in Canada.
- Chapter 131 — Section 91. Limitation of actions and prosecutions.
- Chapter 131 — Section 92. Severability.
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