TOWN OF
COMMERCIAL SHELLFISH REGULATIONS
Relative to Quahog Dragging
1. Taking of legal sized quahogs by means of hydraulic shellfish dredging by Harwich Commercial Shellfish Permit holders with an appropriate commercial boat offloading permit for the Harwich town docks is permitted in the deep water of Nantucket Sound south of the 12' contour line, east of the Nantucket Cable. Taking of legal sized quahogs by means of hydraulic shellfish dredging is also allowed for Harwich Commercial Shellfish Permit holders with vessels up to 90 HP is permitted in the deep water of Nantucket Sound south of the 12' contour line, east of the Nantucket Cable.
2. Allowable catch for hydraulic harvested quahogs is 40 bushels per day per vessel with a limit on littlenecks of 20 bushels per day. Quahogs in anyway fitting through a 2 Y2 inch ring must be counted within a bushel as littlenecks. Catch limits may be subject to change according to the Massachusetts Division of-Marine Fisheries.
3. No shellfish dragger operator shall leave his boat and come ashore and/or land quahogs then return to the waters for the purposes of additional dredging for quahogs without permission from the Shellfish Constable or Deputy Constable(s).
4. There will be no hydraulic dredging for quahogs within the area of any fish weir or its anchors.
5. Shellfish hydraulic drags shall be limited to a 48-inch width cutting bar.
6. All drag shellfish must be landed at a Town of
7. Fueling privileges at the Town Pier only for boats
holding current Town of
Approved by
Harwich Board of Selectmen