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RI Gen L § 20-8.1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8.1 - Shellfish Grounds|Section 20-8.1-7 - Taking, sale of, or possession of non-complying shellfish prohibited - Confiscation - Search warrants.

§ 20-8.1-7. Taking, sale of, or possession of non-complying shellfish prohibited — Confiscation — Search warrants.No person shall take, sell, or possess within this state any shellfish that have not been taken in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted in accordance with this chapter. Any shellfish that the director has reasonable cause to believe have been taken from polluted areas or that have not been taken in compliance with the provisions of this chapter, and the regulations adopted in accordance with this chapter, shall be confiscated. Search warrants may be issued by any district court upon the complaint of the director, or the director's duly authorized agents, relating to violations of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 263, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 173, § 4.
RI Gen L § 20-8.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8.1 - Shellfish Grounds|Section 20-8.1-8 - Enforcement - Prosecution of violations.

§ 20-8.1-8. Enforcement — Prosecution of violations.It shall be the duty of the director to enforce the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted in accordance with this chapter and to prosecute all persons guilty of violations of these regulations. In all prosecutions, the director shall not be required to enter into any recognizance nor to give surety for costs.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 263, § 1.
RI Gen L § 20-8.1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8.1 - Shellfish Grounds|Section 20-8.1-9 - Inspection of boats, vessels, and vehicles.

§ 20-8.1-9. Inspection of boats, vessels, and vehicles.The director shall make regular inspections of the boats, vessels, and vehicles used, or suggested of being used, in the taking possession, handling, or transporting of shellfish, and no person shall interfere with, or obstruct, the entrance of the director to any boat, vessel, or vehicle, for the purpose of making inspections, and no person shall obstruct the conduct of any inspection; provided, however, that inspections as to the taking possession and handling of shellfish shall be made only by the director or employees of the state department of environmental management. Nothing in this section shall negate or otherwise affect the authority of the department of health as granted in title 21.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 263, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 326, § 2.
RI Gen L § 20-8.1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8.1 - Shellfish Grounds|Section 20-8.1-10 - Powers of enforcement.

§ 20-8.1-10. Powers of enforcement.Conservation officers of the department may arrest any person found violating any of the provisions of this chapter, and may seize all shellfish and any boat or vessel, or outboard motor, or dredge, tongs, rakes, or other implements, commonly employed in the taking of shellfish, in possession of any person violating the provisions of this chapter, and may make complaints for all those violations, and in any complaint they shall not be required at the time of the complaint or thereafter to enter into recognizance or in any way to become liable for the costs that may accrue.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 263, § 1.
RI Gen L § 20-8.1-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8.1 - Shellfish Grounds|Section 20-8.1-11 - Penalties for violations.

§ 20-8.1-11. Penalties for violations.Persons convicted of violating any of the provisions of this chapter, or the regulations adopted in accordance with this chapter, shall be punished by a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or both, for a first offense; and by a term of imprisonment not exceeding four (4) years or by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or both, for a subsequent offense. Any boat or vessel, or outboard motor, or dredge, tongs, rakes, or other implements, commonly employed in the taking of shellfish, seized from any person as used in violation of §§ 20-8.1-5 and/or 20-8.1-6, shall, upon conviction of that person, be forfeited to the state. That forfeiture shall follow the course provided in chapter 21 of title 12 as amended and § 20-1-8.1.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 263, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 5; P.L. 1983, ch. 173, § 4.
RI Gen L § 20-8.1-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8.1 - Shellfish Grounds|Section 20-8.1-12 - Repealed.

§ 20-8.1-12. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 263, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 4, effective January 1, 1982.
RI Gen L § 20-9-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-9 - Cooperation in Federal Projects|Section 20-9-1 - Assent to wildlife restoration projects.

§ 20-9-1. Assent to wildlife restoration projects.The state of Rhode Island assents to the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An Act to Provide that the United States Shall Aid the States in Wildlife Restoration Projects, and for Other Purposes", 16 U.S.C. § 669 et seq., and the director of environmental management is authorized, empowered, and directed to perform those acts that may be necessary to the conduct and establishment of cooperative wildlife restoration projects, as defined in that act of Congress, in compliance with that act and with rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior under that act; and no funds accruing to the state of Rhode Island from license fees or interest from license fee accounts paid by hunters shall be diverted for any other purpose than the administration of the division of fish and wildlife of the department of environmental management.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 66, § 1.
RI Gen L § 20-9-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-9 - Cooperation in Federal Projects|Section 20-9-2 - Disbursements for restoration projects.

§ 20-9-2. Disbursements for restoration projects.The state controller is authorized and directed to draw orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of any sums as may be required for the purposes of § 20-9-1, upon receipt by the controller of proper vouchers duly authenticated and approved by the chief of the division of fish and wildlife and by the director of environmental management.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-9-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-9 - Cooperation in Federal Projects|Section 20-9-3 - Assent to fish restoration and management projects.

§ 20-9-3. Assent to fish restoration and management projects.The state of Rhode Island assents to the provisions of the act of Congress, entitled "An Act to Provide that the United States Shall Aid the States in Fish Restoration and Management Projects, and for Other Purposes", 16 U.S.C. § 777 et seq., and the division of fish and wildlife and/or marine fisheries, with the approval of the director of environmental management, is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to perform any acts as may be necessary to the conduct and establishment of fish restoration and management projects, as defined in that act of Congress, in compliance with that act and with rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior under that act, and no funds accruing to the state from license fees or interest from license fee accounts paid by fishers shall be diverted for any other purpose than the administration of the division of fish and wildlife and/or marine fisheries of the department of environmental management.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 66, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 191, § 5; P.L. 2017, ch. 242, § 5.
RI Gen L § 20-9-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-9 - Cooperation in Federal Projects|Section 20-9-4 - Appropriations for fish restoration projects.

§ 20-9-4. Appropriations for fish restoration projects.The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of § 20-9-3, and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of that sum, or so much as may be required from time to time, upon receipt by the controller of properly authenticated vouchers.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-9-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-9 - Cooperation in Federal Projects|Section 20-9-5 - Power of department preserved.

§ 20-9-5. Power of department preserved.Nothing in §§ 20-9-1 — 20-9-4, shall be construed to divest the department of environmental management of any power or authority vested in the department.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-10-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-10 - Aquaculture|Section 20-10-1 - Declaration of intent and public policy.

§ 20-10-1. Declaration of intent and public policy.Whereas, R.I. Const., Art. I, Sec. 17, guarantees to the people the right to enjoy and freely exercise all rights of fishery, and imposes on the general assembly the responsibility to provide for the conservation of water, plant, and animal resources of the state; andWhereas, it is in the best public interest of the people and the state that the land and waters of the state, are utilized properly and effectively to produce plant and animal life; andWhereas, the process of aquaculture is a proper and effective method to cultivate plant and animal life; andWhereas, the process of aquaculture should only be conducted within the waters of the state in a manner consistent with the best public interest, with particular consideration given to the effect of aquaculture on other uses of the free and common fishery and navigation, and the compatibility of aquaculture with the environment of the waters of the state; therefore,It is the public policy of this state to preserve the waters of this state as free and common fishery. The health, welfare, environment, and general wellbeing of the people of the state require that the state restrict the uses of its waters and the land thereunder for aquaculture and, in the exercise of the police power, the waters of the state and land thereunder are to be regulated under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 219, § 2; P.L. 1996, ch. 274, § 1.
RI Gen L § 20-10-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-10 - Aquaculture|Section 20-10-1.1 - Creation of the biosecurity board.

§ 20-10-1.1. Creation of the biosecurity board.There shall be a biosecurity board within the coastal resources management council (hereinafter referred to as "CRMC") that shall meet, at minimum, on a quarterly basis and shall be composed of seven (7) members to be designated by the executive director of the CRMC, or his or her designee, with council approval. The council shall select a chair from among the board members, one of whom shall be the executive director of the CRMC, or his or her designee; one of whom shall be the state veterinarian or an individual certified in veterinary medicine, with a specialty in aquatic diseases, or by the American Fisheries Society; one of whom shall be a certified medical doctor or a person with a Ph.D. in public health; one of whom shall be a representative of the division of marine fisheries; one of whom shall be a representative of the marine fisheries council; one of whom shall be a representative from the aquaculture industry; and one of whom shall be a faculty member of the University of Rhode Island, Department of Fisheries, Animals and Veterinary Science.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 353, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 191, § 6; P.L. 2017, ch. 242, § 6.
RI Gen L § 20-10-1.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-10 - Aquaculture|Section 20-10-1.2 - Biosecurity board - Powers and duties.

§ 20-10-1.2. Biosecurity board — Powers and duties.It shall be the duty of the biosecurity board to assist and advise the council in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. In performing this duty, the biosecurity board shall cooperate with appropriate state and federal agencies, including, but not limited to, the department of health, and shall recommend inspections as necessary to ensure compliance with public health standards. The biosecurity board shall, from time to time, review federal agency regulations pertaining to aquaculture disease and the importation of non-indigenous and genetically altered species and shall otherwise maintain a current understanding of aquatic diseases and management practices necessary to preserving the aquaculture industry and wild stock. The members of the biosecurity board shall serve without salary.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 353, § 1.
RI Gen L § 20-10-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-10 - Aquaculture|Section 20-10-2 - Definitions.

§ 20-10-2. Definitions.As used in this chapter:(1) "Aquaculture" refers to the cultivation, rearing, or propagation of aquatic plants or animals under either natural or artificial conditions;(2) "CRMC" means the coastal resources management council;(3) "Director" or "department" means the director of or the department of environmental management;(4) "MFC" means the marine fisheries council;(5) "Water column" means the vertical extent of water, including the surface thereof, above a designated area of submerged bottom land.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 219, § 2.
RI Gen L § 20-10-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-10 - Aquaculture|Section 20-10-3 - Authority to grant permits for aquaculture.

§ 20-10-3. Authority to grant permits for aquaculture.The CRMC may grant permits for the conduct of aquaculture to any person, corporation, or business entity, chartered under the laws of this state, subject to the provisions of this chapter. Those permits for coastal waters shall be for a term not to exceed fifteen (15) years and shall be renewable upon application by the permittee for successive periods of ten (10) years for each renewable period; provided, that the terms and conditions of the permit, and of any previous renewal, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the CRMC pursuant to this chapter, have been met. Permits for land-based aquaculture projects shall be for a term to be designated by rules and regulations of the CRMC. All permits with their terms and stipulations presently in effect, as of May 15, 1980, under existing laws and regulations shall continue until their expiration.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 219, § 2; P.L. 1989, ch. 542, § 33; P.L. 1996, ch. 274, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 224, § 1.
RI Gen L § 20-10-3.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-10 - Aquaculture|Section 20-10-3.1 - Sales and use tax exemption.

§ 20-10-3.1. Sales and use tax exemption.Any person engaging in aquaculture shall be eligible for the tax exemption in § 44-18-30(32) provided that the requirements set forth in that section are met.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 274, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 451, § 29.
RI Gen L § 20-10-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-10 - Aquaculture|Section 20-10-4 - Application for a permit to conduct aquaculture.

§ 20-10-4. Application for a permit to conduct aquaculture.Any applicant desiring a permit to conduct aquaculture shall file with the CRMC a written application in any form that it may prescribe, setting forth the following information:(1) The name and address of the applicant;(2) A description of the location and amount of submerged land and water column to be subject to the permit;(3) A description of the aquaculture activities to be conducted, including:(i) Whether those activities are to be experimental or commercial;(ii) A description of the species to be managed or cultivated within the permitted area; and(iii) A description of the method or manner of aquaculture activity;(4) An assessment of the current capability of the applicant to carry out those activities; and(5) Any other information that the CRMC may by regulation require.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 219, § 2; P.L. 1996, ch. 274, § 1.
RI Gen L § 20-10-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-10 - Aquaculture|Section 20-10-5 - Procedures for approval.

§ 20-10-5. Procedures for approval.(a) Upon submission of a completed application to the CRMC, the CRMC shall notify the director, the MFC and any other parties that the CRMC may by regulation designate.(b) No application shall be approved by the CRMC or a permit granted prior to the consideration of recommendations by both the director and the MFC.(c) The director shall review the application to determine whether the aquaculture activities proposed in the application are:(1) Not likely to cause an adverse effect on the marine life adjacent to the area to be subject to the permit and the waters of the state;(2) Not likely to have an adverse effect on the continued vitality of indigenous fisheries of the state.(d) The MFC shall review the application to determine whether the aquaculture activities proposed in the application are consistent with competing uses engaged in the exploitation of the marine fisheries.(e) The approval by the CRMC shall be subject to any public hearings, consistent with chapter 35 of title 42, that it may require.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 219, § 2.
RI Gen L § 20-10-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-10 - Aquaculture|Section 20-10-6 - Leases.

§ 20-10-6. Leases.(a) The CRMC, in accordance with chapter 6 of title 37, is authorized and empowered, when it shall serve the purposes of this chapter, to lease the land submerged under the coastal waters of the state, including any coastal ponds or estuaries to coastal rivers, and the water column above those submerged lands, to an applicant who has been granted an aquaculture permit pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; provided, that the CRMC finds that a lease giving the applicant exclusive use of the submerged lands and water column, including the surface of the water, is necessary to the effective conduct of the permitted aquaculture activities.(b) Those leases shall be granted for a term concurrent with the term of the aquaculture permit and may be renewed from time to time upon renewal of the aquaculture permits.(c) Those leases shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the aquaculture permit, and any renewal of the permit, and the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted under this chapter. Failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the permit or renewal, or the provisions of this chapter, or the rules and regulations adopted under this chapter, shall be grounds for termination of the lease at the discretion of the CRMC.(d) Any assignment or sublease of the whole or any part of the area subject to lease shall constitute a breach of the lease and constitute cause for the termination of the lease, unless that assignment or subletting has received the prior approval of the CRMC.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 219, § 2.
RI Gen L § 20-10-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-10 - Aquaculture|Section 20-10-7 - Fees.

§ 20-10-7. Fees.The CRMC shall establish, by regulation, fees for applications, permits, leases, and renewals. Those fees may be based on the cost of administration, including inspection, required by the aquaculture permitting process.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 219, § 2.
RI Gen L § 20-10-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-10 - Aquaculture|Section 20-10-8 - Performance requirements - Bond.

§ 20-10-8. Performance requirements — Bond.The CRMC may require the execution of a bond by the permittee to ensure the performance by the permittee of all of the conditions of his or her permit, and, in the event of a failure so to perform, to ensure the removal of aquaculture apparatus from the waters of the state.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 219, § 2.
RI Gen L § 20-10-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-10 - Aquaculture|Section 20-10-9 - Marking of areas subject to permit - Restrictions on public use.

§ 20-10-9. Marking of areas subject to permit — Restrictions on public use.(a) The CRMC shall require all permittees to mark off the areas under permit by appropriate ranges, monuments, stakes, buoys, or fences, so placed as not to interfere unnecessarily with navigation and other traditional uses of the surface. All permittees shall cause the area under permit, and the means of permittees, to be shown by signs appropriately placed pursuant to regulations of the CRMC.(b) Except to the extent necessary to permit the effective development of the species of animal or plant life being cultivated by the permittee, the public shall be provided with means of reasonable ingress and egress, to and from the area subject to permit, for traditional water activities such as boating, swimming, and fishing. All limitations upon the use by the public of the areas subject to permit that are authorized by the terms of the permit shall be clearly posted by the permittee pursuant to regulations by the CRMC.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 219, § 2.
RI Gen L § 20-10-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-10 - Aquaculture|Section 20-10-10 - Assignability of permits.

§ 20-10-10. Assignability of permits.Any permit granted pursuant to this chapter shall be void if assigned, in whole or in part, unless that assignment is made with the prior approval of the CRMC.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 219, § 2.
RI Gen L § 20-10-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-10 - Aquaculture|Section 20-10-11 - Regulations.

§ 20-10-11. Regulations.The CRMC may adopt, repeal, and amend any rules and regulations that are necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of this chapter, subject to chapter 35 of title 42. Those rules and regulations shall be promulgated in consultation with the director and the MFC.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 219, § 2.