{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-130-71","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, § 71","heading":"Close season on scallops","body":"Section 71. Except as provided in sections seventy and seventy-three, no person shall take scallops between April first and the following October first from the flats or coastal waters of the commonwealth, or buy or sell or have in possession scallops so taken.","path":["Part I","Title XIX","Chapter 130"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXIX/Chapter130/Section71","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:10Z","sha256":"b4b75e14668fce4361b86c38659811beef40f490a34ee78953d8742dec80b3a8","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-130-70","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-130-72"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}