Mass Kids Boating & Fishing Week Includes Foxboro Event

The Massachusetts Marine Trades Association (MMTA) is happy to announce that Governor Maura Healey, LT. Governor Kim Driscoll and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have officially proclaimed June 7th to 15th as KIDS Boating and Fishing Week in Massachusetts (Proclamation below and attached). Massachusetts KIDS Boating & Fishing week will take place from June 7 to 15, 2025. This vital effort encourages and promotes youth boating and fishing events around the state. This will be the seventh year the MMTA has promoted the events and timeframe. Currently, seven registered events are scheduled to participate in 2025. (See  map for event information.)

The dates of Massachusetts Kids Boating & Fishing week once again overlap with Great Outdoors Month and National Fishing and Boating Week – National Fishing and Boating Week Info (takemefishing.org). One of the key objectives of Massachusetts KIDS Boating & Fishing Week events is to highlight the offerings from boating and fishing industry organizations and businesses for kids in our state, and to introduce new kids to the water.

Approximately 70 percent of adult boaters started boating when they were kids, and the MMTA recognizes that the more kids we can get on the water safely and smartly today, the better off our industry will be tomorrow. This year, one of the highlights of the events will focus on providing information about the new Hanson Milone Safe Boating bill, which Governor Healey signed into law in January. The bill will take effect in April 2026 and require a boating license for all boaters in the state.

KIDS Boating & Fishing events include:

 KIDS in Boating Class – June 7th, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM – Marine Max Boston / Bay Pointe Marina

 KIDS in Boating Class – June 7th, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM – Marine Max Danvers

 Touch a Boat Day / KIDS in Boating – June 7th, 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM – Nantucket Boat Basin

 Foxboro KIDS Fishing Derby – June 8th, 9 AM to 12 PM – Neponset Reservoir – Foxboro

 KIDS in Boating Day – June 14th, 11 AM to 2 PM – Charlestown Marina

 Youth Fishing Derby with ConfiKIDS – June 14th, 8 AM to 10:00 AM – Buzzards Bay

 KIDS in Boating Day – June 15th, 11 AM to 2 PM – Boston Harbor Shipyard & Marina

For more information on Mass KIDS Boating & Fishing Week, please visit:

www.masskidsboatingday.org

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