{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-130-44a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 44A","heading":"V–notched lobster","body":"Section 44A. The director may, by regulation approved by the marine fisheries advisory commission and promulgated pursuant to chapter thirty A, establish a program to protect V–notched lobsters. For purposes of this section, the term ''V–notched lobster'' means a female egg-bearing lobster from which a V–shaped piece of tail has been cut from the first right flipper next to the middle flipper by a person holding or covered by a permit issued pursuant to section thirty-eight.","path":["Part I","Title XIX","Chapter 130"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXIX/Chapter130/Section44A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:10Z","sha256":"61e3efa7b80003933057fc6a314604b38543332581525ac1d4d6b5e5fae7417c","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-130-44","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-130-44b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}