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Massachusetts · Through amendments passed before May 31, 2026

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 51: Sale of native lobsters; representations for purposes of sale

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  1. Part I
  2. Title XIX
  3. Chapter 130

Section 51. No person shall sell, or represent for the purpose of sale, any lobster as a native lobster unless the same shall have been originally caught or taken in the coastal waters; nor shall any person so sell, or represent for the purpose of sale, any crustacean as a lobster unless the same is of the species known as Homarus americanus; nor shall any person so sell, or represent for the purpose of sale, any meat as lobster meat unless such meat is wholly from crustaceans of such species.

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