Source: https://rules.sos.ri.gov/regulations/part/250-90-00-6/8767
Timestamp: 2019-11-13 10:48:25
Document Index: 480015771

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 20', '§ 20', '§ 20', '§ 20', '§ 20', '§ 20']

B.	Unauthorized disturbance of pots: No person except the Director shall unduly disturb any pot or associated line (warp) and/or buoy, or remove any marine species from a pot, without the written permission of the owner. (Ref. R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-4-8).
C.	Identification of traps pots and buoys: Each pot used for the taking of marine species shall have attached a buoy, and each pot and buoy shall be identified with the name and license number of the owner. (Ref. R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-4-7).
1.	In the Upper Narraganset Bay Trawling Area on any Saturday, Sunday, or legal State holiday between July 1st and Novem­ber 1st annually. The Upper Narragansett Bay Trawling Area: The Upper Narragansett Bay Trawling Area is designated a Marine Life Management Area pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-3-4, and is described as follows: the southern boundary extends from Spink Neck in the Town of North Kingstown to Pine Hill Point on Prudence Island, thence from Homestead Dock on the easterly shore of Prudence Island, thence northeasterly to Hog Island Shoal Light, and thence to the north abutment. of the Mt. Hope Bridge in the Town of Bristol; the western boundary extends from Sandy Point in the City of Warwick to the southern tip of Warwick Point in the City of Warwick; the northern boundary extends from the dock at Rocky Point in Warwick to the southern tip of Poppasquash Point in Bristol, thence to Hog Island Light, and thence to the northern abutment of the Mt. Hope Bridge in Bristol.
2.	In the Upper Sakonnet Marine Life Management Area. The Upper Sakonnet River Marine Life Man­age­ment Area is designated a Marine Life Management Area pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-3 4, and is described as the waters of the Upper Sakonnet River which lies north of a line extending from McCurry Pt. in Portsmouth to the southern end of Jack's Island (so-called) in Tiverton, and which lies south of the Sakonnet River Bridge (Rt. 24).
2.	No gill net shall be set, hauled and/or maintained in Rhode Island State waters without permanently attached non-transferable tags issued by DFW.
3.	Eligibility: To receive gill net tags, a multipurpose license holder with gill net endorsement must declare their license and designate a commercially declared vessel to haul that licensees net.
5.	License holders shall be issued 80 tags plus an additional 10 tags for routine loss. No more than 80 tags shall be in the water at any one time.
7.	Tags shall be attached to both vertical lines of a string of gill nets at the point proximate to where the bridle is joined to the vertical line. Tags shall be equally distributed between vertical lines, the difference of the number of tags on each vertical line shall not exceed one tag. One tag must be attached for every 300 linear feet of net used in a string.
A.	Prohibited areas: In addition to those waters where all netting is prohibited, seine nets are prohibited within one half (½) mile in both directions of the seaward entrance of a coastal salt pond channel for a distance of three hundred (300) yards seaward, when the coastal salt pond is open to the sea.
B.	Eligibility: A permit may be issued to any resident of this State or to any corporations incorporated in the State licensed in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 2.1 upon payment of a permit fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) per trap location (R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-5-2).
H.	Reporting requirements: On or before the tenth day of January of each year, each licensee/fish trap operator shall submit a written report to the DEM, indicating those locations where the licensee shall be setting fish traps during the upcoming fishing season. These locations shall be identified by GPS, LORAN and/or latitude and longitude coordinates and shall also include the dates upon which the licensee anticipates setting and removing the traps. This notification shall not prohibit a fish trap operator from subsequently, during the calendar year, setting additional traps on licensed locations that were not anticipated and for which notice was not therefore provided to the DEM. However, any deviations from the report must be reported in writing and received by the DEM Division of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Fisheries section, 3 Fort Wetherill Road, Jamestown, Rhode Island, 02835 prior to the setting of the trap. Failure to provide this information makes the fish trap operator’s license null and void. Based on the reports of fish trap locations, the DEM shall develop a graphic chart displaying fish trap locations annually by June 1 for distribution to the public.
I.	By January 31 annually, the DEM shall review all trap site permits and shall eliminate those sites from the list of authorized sites for which a permit has not been issued. The DEM shall provide written notice by registered mail to all those licensees who had most recently been issued permit(s) to set fish trap(s) in the locations of the sites to be eliminated. Said notice shall advise the affected licensee that the licensee may avoid the elimination of the trap location if written notice of such a desire to avoid elimination is received by the Division of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Fisheries section, 3 Fort Wetherill Road, Jamestown, Rhode Island, 02835, on or before thirty (30) days of the licensee’s receipt of the notice of elimination.
J.	Sub-leasing of Permitted Fish Trap Locations: It is prohibited to sub-lease or allow any other person to use a permitted fish trap location. Any violation of this section shall make the permit for the fish trap null and void R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 20-5-10(b), 20-5-13).
Effective 08/29/2017 to 01/28/2018
This Technical Revision is being promulgated to correct the inadvertent omission of language that was included in the public notice and proposed rule but was mistakenly omitted from the text of the final rule. The language being re-inserted is as follows: 6.7(D) Obstruction of migratory fish passage: No person shall obstruct the free passage of anadromous or catadromous fish in any marine waters, river, or stream of the State of Rhode Island. No substantive changes were made beyond the re-insertion of the above language.