Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 67 (2026)
Taking or disturbing shellfish from licensed grounds or beds without consent
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Section 67. No person shall, without the consent of the licensee or transferee, as the case may be: (i) work a dredge, oyster tongs, rake or other implement for the taking of shellfish of any description upon any shellfish grounds or beds covered by a license granted under section 57 or any corresponding provision of earlier law; (ii) in any way, disturb the growth of the shellfish thereon; (iii) discharge any substance which may directly or indirectly injure the shellfish upon any such grounds or beds; or (iv) while upon or sailing over any such grounds or beds, cast, haul, or have overboard any such dredge, tongs, rake or other implement for the taking of shellfish of any description, under any pretense or for any purpose.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2025 · leading case: Town of Wellfleet v. Glaze, 525 N.E.2d 1298 (Mass. 1988).
Town of Wellfleet v. Glaze, 525 N.E.2d 1298 (Mass. 1988). “In August, 1986, the town of Wellfleet filed a complaint in the Superior Court citing the defendant for violating G.L.c. 130, § 67 (1986 ed.), and seeking a restraining order prohibiting the defendant from mooring his boats on a certain "shellfish grant" on a portion of the…”
Troy Currence & Others v. A.D. Makepeace Co. & Others (Mass. App. Ct. 2025). “Wellfleet claimed that the defendant's actions violated G. L. c. 130, § 67, which imposed penalties for interference with licensed shellfishing, provided the interference was "without the consent of the licensee.”
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