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GOING • <br /> SHELLFISHING? Gui e <br /> Ask for your local Town <br /> regulations . They are to designed to protect <br /> shellfish supplies while <br /> giving each shellfisherman <br /> Shellfish <br /> the opportunity to enjoy <br /> this natural resource . <br /> Regulations tell you how, <br /> when and where to fish, what <br /> size and how many to keep. <br /> Shellfish areas are rotated in <br /> with the most productive <br /> areas open for shellfishing ('gyp <br /> while areas harvested -Massachusetts <br /> previously remain closed <br /> until juvenile shellfish <br /> reach legal harvest size . <br /> It takes about two years for <br /> a clam and three to four <br /> years for a quahog to reach <br /> legal harvest size . <br /> gq<<P�SH <br /> 19 <br /> OHO FO <br /> PO��Oj N <br /> - SwiMMiNG <br /> THIS GUIDE TELLS YOU ABOUT <br /> THE SHELLFISH FOUND IN <br /> MASSACHUSETTS. <br /> While asking where to fish, Before g o i n g to t h e <br /> you may also learn that some shellfish flats you should <br /> areas have been closed to read all the local Town' s <br /> she 11 f i s h i n g by the Shellfish Regulations . <br /> Massachusetts Division of Towns may require permits to <br /> Marine Fisheries and that harvest. Your Shellfish <br /> shellfish obtained from Constable can give you <br /> these areas are unfit for further information. <br /> human consumption . Do not <br /> forget that shellfish are a <br /> perishable product . Eating PRODUCED BY: <br /> shellfish raw is enjoyable Massachusetts Shellfish <br /> and fun, but to be on the Officers Association <br /> safe side shellfish should S h e l l f i s h Advisory <br /> be properly prepared. Committee, Barnstable County <br /> Town Shellfish Constables Cooperative Extension , <br /> are on the flats to enforce Barnstable County <br /> these regulations. PRINTED BY: <br /> Massachusetts Bays Program <br />