{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-130-51","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 51","heading":"Sale of native lobsters; representations for purposes of sale","body":"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.","path":["Part I","Title XIX","Chapter 130"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXIX/Chapter130/Section51","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:10Z","sha256":"43be6d606a7dcf5439f853b047767638d64453b3ff56c0b17381405e189f03d0","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-130-50","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-130-51a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}