§ 407-6. Minimum size limits.

Shellfish shall be culled and all seed returned to the waters and flats immediately. Persons shall not take or have in their possession (in basket, bucket, bag or other container):

A. 

Soft shell clams less than two inches in longest diameter to the amount of more than 5% of any batch.

B. 

Quahogs less than one inch shell thickness (hinge width) to the amount of more than 5% of any batch.

C. 

Bay scallops without a well-defined raised annual growth ring to the amount of more than 5% of the total catch remaining. (See scallop regulations.)

D. 

Sea scallops less than 3 1/2 inches in diameter from the hinge to the outer edge to the amount of more than 10% of the entire lot. This tolerance of 10% shall be determined by numerical count taken at random of not less than one peck nor more than four pecks of the entire lot.

E. 

Sea clams less than five inches in longest diameter to the amount of more than 5% of any batch.

F. 

Oysters less than three inches in longest diameter to the amount of more than 5% of any batch.

G. 

Eels or elvers less than nine inches in total length.

[Amended 11-17-2014]