If you live in Massachusetts and you want locally-caught lobster on Mother's Day weekend, you'll be out of luck.Commercial lobstering in Massachusetts waters is off-limits until later in May, which ...

The closure of virtually all Massachusetts state waters to commercial lobstering will commence on March 5 and run at least until May 1 as the central element in the state’s enhanced protection ...

Feb. 17—The seasonal closure of virtually all Massachusetts waters to commercial lobstering will not begin before March 5 and could be delayed another two weeks into March. Daniel McKiernan, executive ...

May 14—Massachusetts state waters will reopen to commercial lobstering on Friday, as the Thursday aerial survey of the state waters detected none of the imperiled North Atlantic right whales left in ...