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RI Gen L § 20-7-12.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-7 - Lobsters and Other Crustaceans|Section 20-7-12.1 - Unauthorized possession and/or transfer of pots and traps.

§ 20-7-12.1. Unauthorized possession and/or transfer of pots and traps.(a) No person except the director of environmental management, enforcement officers, and authorized technical personnel of the department of environmental management shall place, set, keep, maintain, sell, transfer, or have in his or her possession, any pot, trap, car, or any other device used in taking or holding lobster or crabs, nor take, remove, or carry away from the beach or shore any pot, trap, car, or other device or line (warp) or buoy without the written permission of the their owner.(b) Every person convicted of violating this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense, or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, and each pot, trap, car, or device used in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense. In addition, if that person is licensed, his or her license shall be revoked for one year.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 204, § 2.
RI Gen L § 20-7-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-7 - Lobsters and Other Crustaceans|Section 20-7-13 - Raising pots at night.

§ 20-7-13. Raising pots at night.No person shall raise or unduly disturb any lobster pot or trap within the territorial waters of this state between the hours of one hour after sundown and one hour before sunrise. Every person violating this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both. However in situations of emergency upon application being made, the owner of the lobster pots or traps may be authorized to remove the pots or traps by the director of environmental management, or the director's designee, during the prohibited hours. All boats, pots, or other equipment used in violation of this section shall be seized and forfeited to the state.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 17, § 6.
RI Gen L § 20-7-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-7 - Lobsters and Other Crustaceans|Section 20-7-14 - Mutilation of uncooked lobsters.

§ 20-7-14. Mutilation of uncooked lobsters.(a) (1) No person shall mutilate any uncooked lobster by severing its tail from its body, or have in his or her possession any part, or parts, of any uncooked lobster so mutilated. In any and all prosecutions under this section, the possession of any part, or parts, of any uncooked lobster so mutilated shall be prima facie evidence sufficient to convict.(2) The director of environmental management is authorized to promulgate regulations exempting land-based processing facilities from the provisions of this chapter. Those regulations shall prescribe the procedures to apply for the subject exemption permit and the standards to be employed by the director in his or her consideration of the application. Those regulations shall prescribe rules governing the conduct and operation of the facility and may include restrictions on product forms, sizes, possession requirements, and other provisions in order to maintain the protection of the lobster resource and enforcement of the provision of this chapter.(b) Any fishing vessel operating in Rhode Island territorial waters shall not have on board at any time more than one pound of cooked or uncooked lobster meat for each person on board that vessel. Any violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), and imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 1997, ch. 276, § 1.
RI Gen L § 20-7-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-7 - Lobsters and Other Crustaceans|Section 20-7-15 - Methods of taking blue crabs - Nonresidents.

§ 20-7-15. Methods of taking blue crabs — Nonresidents.Unless otherwise specified by regulation of the marine fisheries council, no person shall take, or attempt to take, any blue crabs from any of the waters in this state except by a scoop or crab net, trot, or land line. Taking of blue crabs shall be restricted to residents of this state. No person shall take blue crabs from the waters of the state between the hours of sunset and sunrise.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-7-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-7 - Lobsters and Other Crustaceans|Section 20-7-16 - Egg-bearing blue crabs - Minimum size.

§ 20-7-16. Egg-bearing blue crabs — Minimum size.No person shall take, offer for sale, or possess at any time any female blue crab bearing eggs visible thereon, or from which the egg pouch or bunion has been removed. Unless otherwise specified by regulation of the marine fisheries council, no person shall take, buy, sell, give away, expose for sale, or possess any blue crab measuring less than four and one eighth inches (4⅛") across the shell from tip to tip of spike.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-7-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-7 - Lobsters and Other Crustaceans|Section 20-7-17 - Violations as to blue crabs.

§ 20-7-17. Violations as to blue crabs.Any person violating any of the provisions of §§ 20-7-15 and 20-7-16 shall be fined up to fifty dollars ($50.00) and costs for each offense.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-8-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact|Section 20-8-2 - Amendment of compact.

§ 20-8-2. Amendment of compact.The state of Rhode Island hereby enters into an amendment of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact, § 20-8-1, with any one or more of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida or such other states as may become party to that compact for the purpose of permitting the states that ratify this amendment to establish joint regulation of specific fisheries common to those states through the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and their representatives on that body. Notice of intention to withdraw from this amendment shall be executed and transmitted by the governor and shall be in accordance with article XII of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact, § 20-8-1, and shall be effective as to this state with those states which similarly ratify this amendment. This amendment shall take effect as to this state with respect to any other of the above-mentioned states as to take similar action.AMENDMENT NO. 1 OF THE ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMPACT  The states consenting to this amendment agree that any two or more of them may designate the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission as a joint regulatory agency with such powers as they may jointly confer from time to time for the regulation of the fishing operations of the citizens and vessels of such designating states with respect to specific fisheries in which such states have a common interest. The representatives of such states on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission shall constitute a separate section of such commission for the exercise of the additional powers so granted provided that the states so acting shall appropriate additional funds for this purpose. The creation of such section as a joint regulatory agency shall not deprive the states participating therein of any of their privileges or powers or responsibilities in the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission under the general compact.History of Section.P.L. 1949, ch. 2360, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 20-8-2.
RI Gen L § 20-8-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact|Section 20-8-3 - Rhode Island representatives on interstate commission - Ex officio members.

§ 20-8-3. Rhode Island representatives on interstate commission — Ex officio members.In pursuance of article III of the compact, § 20-8-1, there shall be three (3) members, hereinafter called "commissioners", of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, "the commission", from the state of Rhode Island. The first commissioner shall be the director of environmental management, ex officio, and the term of that ex officio commissioner shall terminate when he or she ceases to hold the office of director of environmental management. That person's successor as commissioner shall be his or her successor as director of environmental management. The second commissioner shall be a legislator and who may be a member of the commission on interstate cooperation, ex officio, designated by vote of the commission on interstate cooperation, and the term of that ex officio commissioner shall be for three (3) years and terminate when he or she ceases to hold legislative office or office as a commissioner on interstate co-operation, and his or her successor as commissioner shall be named in like manner. In the event that the commission on interstate cooperation shall have failed to have met and designated a commissioner, the position of commissioner shall alternate every three (3) years between a member of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker, and a member of the senate appointed by the president of the senate, to a term of three (3) years which shall commence on July 1, and no commissioner appointed by the speaker or the senate president shall serve more than three (3) successive years. The appointments provided for herein shall commence on July 1, 2004, and the first appointment shall be made by the speaker of the house of representatives.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1021, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 20-8-3; P.L. 2004, ch. 359, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-8-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact|Section 20-8-4 - Appointive commissioner.

§ 20-8-4. Appointive commissioner.The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a citizen as a third commissioner who shall have a knowledge of, and interest in, the marine fisheries problem. The term of that commissioner shall be three (3) years and he or she shall hold office until his or her successor shall be appointed and qualified. Vacancies occurring in the office of that commissioner from any reason or cause shall be filled by appointment by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, for the unexpired term.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1021, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 20-8-4.
RI Gen L § 20-8-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact|Section 20-8-5 - Delegation of powers by director of environmental management.

§ 20-8-5. Delegation of powers by director of environmental management.The director of environmental management, as ex officio commissioner, may delegate, from time to time, to any deputy or other subordinate in his or her department or office, the power to be present and participate, including voting as his or her representative or substitute, at any meeting of, or hearing by, or other proceeding of the commission.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1021, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 20-8-5.
RI Gen L § 20-8-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact|Section 20-8-6 - Removal of commissioner.

§ 20-8-6. Removal of commissioner.Any commissioner may be removed from office by the governor upon charges and after a hearing.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1021, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 20-8-6.
RI Gen L § 20-8-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact|Section 20-8-7 - Powers of commission - Co-operation and information furnished by state agencies.

§ 20-8-7. Powers of commission — Co-operation and information furnished by state agencies.There is hereby granted to the commission and the commissioners all the powers provided for in the compact, § 20-8-1, and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular. All officers of the state of Rhode Island are hereby authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respective provinces and jurisdiction necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular; it being hereby declared to be the policy of the state of Rhode Island to perform and carry out the compact and to accomplish its purposes. All officers, bureaus, departments, and persons of, and in, the state government or administration of the state of Rhode Island are authorized and directed at convenient times, and upon request of the commission, to furnish the commission with information and data possessed by them or any of them and to aid the commission by a loan of personnel or other means lying within their legal rights respectively.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1021, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 20-8-7.
RI Gen L § 20-8-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact|Section 20-8-8 - Powers granted supplemental.

§ 20-8-8. Powers granted supplemental.Any powers granted in this chapter to the commission shall be regarded as in aid of, and supplemental to, and in no case a limitation upon, any of the powers vested in the commission by other laws of the state of Rhode Island or by the laws of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida or by the Congress or the terms of the compact.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1021, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 20-8-8.
RI Gen L § 20-8-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact|Section 20-8-9 - Accounts and reports - Legislative recommendations.

§ 20-8-9. Accounts and reports — Legislative recommendations.The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall report to the governor and the legislature of the state of Rhode Island on or before the tenth day of December in each year, setting forth in detail the transactions conducted by it during the twelve (12) months preceding December 1st of that year, and shall make recommendations for any legislative action deemed by it advisable, including amendments to the statutes of the state of Rhode Island that may be necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of the compact between the signatory states, § 20-8-1.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1021, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 20-8-9.
RI Gen L § 20-8-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact|Section 20-8-10 - Audit of commission's books.

§ 20-8-10. Audit of commission's books.The controller of the state of Rhode Island is authorized and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the commission, including its receipts and disbursements, and any other items referring to its financial standing as the controller may deem proper, and to report the results of that examination to the governor of the state.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1021, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 20-8-10.
RI Gen L § 20-8-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact|Section 20-8-11 - Annual appropriations.

§ 20-8-11. Annual appropriations.The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; and the controller is authorized and directed to draw orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of that sum, or so much of that sum as may be required from time to time, upon the receipt by the controller of proper vouchers approved by the chairperson of the commission.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1021, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 20-8-11.
RI Gen L § 20-8-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact|Section 20-8-12 - Severability.

§ 20-8-12. Severability.If any provision of this chapter or the application of this chapter to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1021, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 20-8-12.
RI Gen L § 20-8.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8.1 - Shellfish Grounds|Section 20-8.1-1 - Definitions.

§ 20-8.1-1. Definitions.Unless otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply to this chapter:(1) "Approved" means approved by the director;(2) "Conditionally approved water" means and includes any shellfish grounds underlying waters examined and found fit for the taking of shellfish for human consumption on an intermittent basis, declared by the director as conditionally approved waters pursuant to §§ 20-8.1-3 and 20-8.1-4;(3) "Department" means the state department of environmental management;(4) "Director" means the director of the state department of environmental management or his or her duly appointed agents;(5) "Person" means any individual, firm, copartnership, association, or private or municipal corporation;(6) (i) "Polluted area" means and includes any shellfish grounds underlying waters examined and found to be unfit for the taking of shellfish for human consumption declared by the director as polluted areas pursuant to §§ 20-8.1-3 and 20-8.1-4;(ii) For the purposes of any criminal or civil proceeding instituted under this chapter, a declaration by the director shall be prima facie evidence of a polluted area;(7) "Shellfish" means and includes oysters, mussels, and all varieties of clams;(8) "Shellfish grounds" means and includes all land underlying waters within the rise and fall of the tide and the marine limits of the jurisdiction of the state; and(9) "Taking" means and includes the gathering, digging, raking, tonging, or dredging of shellfish.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 263, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 5; P.L. 1994, ch. 59, § 1.
RI Gen L § 20-8.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8.1 - Shellfish Grounds|Section 20-8.1-2 - Regulations.

§ 20-8.1-2. Regulations.The director shall, with the approval of the environmental standards board established under § 42-17.3-1 [repealed], adopt any regulations regarding shellfish grounds that he or she deems necessary with reference to the growing and taking of shellfish.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 263, § 1.
RI Gen L § 20-8.1-2.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8.1 - Shellfish Grounds|Section 20-8.1-2.1 - Possession and handling of shellfish - Regulations.

§ 20-8.1-2.1. Possession and handling of shellfish — Regulations.The director is empowered to promulgate, for the purposes of protecting the public health after consultation with the department of health, regulations governing the possession and handling of shellfish by commercial harvesters licensed under this title. The penalties prescribed in § 20-8.1-11 shall not apply to this section. Any violation of the rules and regulations adopted under this section shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in § 20-1-16.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 326, § 1.
RI Gen L § 20-8.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8.1 - Shellfish Grounds|Section 20-8.1-3 - Investigation of shellfish grounds - Notice of polluted areas.

§ 20-8.1-3. Investigation of shellfish grounds — Notice of polluted areas.The director shall investigate the sanitary condition of the waters overlying shellfish grounds. Those waters that are found to be in an unsatisfactory sanitary condition for the taking of shellfish for human consumption shall be declared to be polluted areas. The director shall give annual notice as to those areas of the waters of the state that he or she has declared to be polluted by advertising this action in at least one public newspaper published in the city of Providence. The director shall provide notice with each shellfish license issued or reissued after December 31, 1994, that it is the obligation of each licensee to inquire by calling a dedicated telephone line, or dedicated teletext phone for persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech-impaired (TTY) line maintained by the department of environmental management prior to taking any shellfish in the waters of the state that are conditionally approved waters. The director shall arrange for notice to be provided on the telephone and TTY telephone lines as to those conditionally approved waters of the state that the director declares to be polluted from which no shellfish may be taken.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 263, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 59, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 42; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 42; P.L. 2017, ch. 451, § 28.
RI Gen L § 20-8.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8.1 - Shellfish Grounds|Section 20-8.1-4 - Factors considered in determining polluted areas.

§ 20-8.1-4. Factors considered in determining polluted areas.In making a determination that an area is polluted, the director shall ensure consistency with the requirements of the National Shellfish Sanitation Program. When necessary, for consistency with National Shellfish Sanitation Program requirements, the director may declare an area to be polluted in the absence of monitoring data if the director has evidence that the area may become polluted. A review of the status of all the areas in the state shall be made by the director on at least an annual basis.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 263, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 59, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 168, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 250, § 1.
RI Gen L § 20-8.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8.1 - Shellfish Grounds|Section 20-8.1-5 - Taking or selling shellfish from polluted areas.

§ 20-8.1-5. Taking or selling shellfish from polluted areas.No person shall take shellfish from the waters of polluted areas, or knowingly sell shellfish taken from the waters of polluted areas, except pursuant to a transplant program specifically authorized by and conducted under the direct supervision of the director. In granting permission, the department of environmental management shall first obtain the written approval of the director of the department of health as to the suitability and safety for the purposes intended. The possession by any person of shellfish while in a vessel upon the waters of polluted areas between the hours of two (2) hours after sunset and sunrise shall be prima facie evidence that those shellfish were taken by that person in violation of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 263, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 173, § 4; P.L. 1994, ch. 59, § 1.
RI Gen L § 20-8.1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-8.1 - Shellfish Grounds|Section 20-8.1-6 - Use of dredges, tongs, and rakes in polluted areas.

§ 20-8.1-6. Use of dredges, tongs, and rakes in polluted areas.No person shall work a dredge, pair of tongs, rake or rakes, or any other implement commonly employed in taking shellfish, except an implement commonly employed for the taking of scallops, in a polluted area, nor shall any person, while upon or sailing over any polluted area, cast, haul, or have overboard any dredge, pair of tongs, rake or rakes, or any other implement commonly employed in taking shellfish except an implement commonly employed for the taking of scallops.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 263, § 1.