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Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 80 - Law Enforcement › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 9 - Rhode Island State Pilotage Commission Rules and Regulations › Section 250-RICR-80-00-9.16 - Pilot Station

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Brenton Reef
				  Pilot Boarding Station (Lat 41°-25.8' N Long 71°-23.4' W) shall be the
				  main pilot station for the boarding and disembarking of all State licensed
				  pilots in the waters of Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound. Pilots shall
				  board vessels when practical within the precautionary zone area of the
				  Narragansett Bay Traffic Separation Scheme.
B. Vessels bound to and from Long Island
				  Sound parts may be boarded and disembarked at Point Judith Station (2 mile
				  radius southerly of Lighted Whistle Buoy 112. Lat. 41° 19.3' Long 71°
				  28.5' W) through prior arrangement with the vessel's agents for the pilots
				  weather permitting.
C. Pilot boats
				  shall maintain a watch on VHF Radio Channel #16 at least one (1) hour before
				  the vessels E.T.A.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 80 - Law Enforcement › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 9 - Rhode Island State Pilotage Commission Rules and Regulations › Section 250-RICR-80-00-9.18 - Training Requirements

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The training
				  requirements listed below shall be successfully completed prior to obtaining a
				  probationary pilot license. Documentation of completion of each training
				  requirement shall be provided to the Commission.
B. All full branch pilots shall have until
				  June 30, 2022, to become current with the training requirements listed below
				  and submit documentation of each training requirement to the Commission.
				  Thereafter, full branch pilots shall maintain compliance with the training
				  requirements enumerated below as a condition of maintaining a
				  license.
C. Each pilot shall submit
				  documentation demonstrating completion of each training requirement to the
				  Commission.
D. Failure to maintain
				  compliance with the training requirements shall be grounds for the suspenstion
				  or revocation of a pilot license.
E. Mandatory Training Requirements:
Course Name
Frequency
BRMP (Bridge Resource Management for
								  Pilots
5 years
Ecdis for Pilots
1 time
AZIPOD/DP for Pilots
1 time
Manned model
5 years
Tractor tug for the Pilot
1 time
Advanced/Emergency Ship Handling (Simulator - 1
								  day)
5 years
PPU Training
1 time
PPU Recertification
As required
Ice class vessel
1 time
Rules of the road refresher
Annually
Technology changes
As required
Sexual Harassment Training
1 time
Legal Aspects of Piloting
10 years
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 250-RICR-90-00-1.2 - Authority

Current through June 14, 2024
These Rules and Regulations are promulgated pursuant to
					 R.I. Gen. Laws Title 20, R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 42-17.1, 42-17.6, and 42-17.7,
					 and in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-35, Administrative Procedures
					 Act.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 250-RICR-90-00-1.3 - General Provisions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Use of
				  explosives: The use of explosives as a fishing device in the internal and
				  territorial waters of the State of Rhode Island is prohibited.
B. Transfer at sea: No one may transfer or
				  attempt to transfer at sea, from one (1) vessel to another, any finfish that
				  are subject to these Regulations.
C. 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.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 250-RICR-90-00-1.4 - Quota Management

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Modification of
				  sub-period allocations based on under/over-harvest:
1. Under-harvest: Any un-harvested quota from
				  a sub-period allocation will be equally distributed to the allocations of the
				  remaining sub-periods in the same calendar year.
2. Over-harvest:
a. Any over-harvest of a sub-period
				  allocation will be deducted from the allocations of the remaining sub-periods
				  in the same calendar year.
b. Any
				  over-harvest from the previous year will be deducted from the entire State
				  allocation of the current year before redistributing according to the
				  species-specific management plan.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 250-RICR-90-00-1.5 - Possession Limit and Vessel Operating Compliance

Current through June 14, 2024
A. General
1. In any instance when there is a violation
				  of the size, possession, or daily limit on board a vessel carrying more than
				  one (1) person when the catch is commingled, the violation shall be deemed to
				  have been committed by the owner of the vessel, or the operator of the vessel,
				  if the owner is not on board.
2.
				  For any given species, no licensed person or vessel shall land more than one
				  (1) possession limit per specified time period, i.e., calendar day, week, or
				  bi-week, whether or not utilizing a vessel, unless authorized elsewhere in this
				  subchapter.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 250-RICR-90-00-1.6 - Transiting

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Finfish
1. During the closure of a Rhode Island
				  State-allocated fishery quota, a Federally-permitted vessel fishing in the
				  Exclusive Economic Zone may transit Rhode Island State waters for the purpose
				  of landing that species in another State, provided the vessel is in compliance
				  with their Federal permit, and the vessel nets are stowed.
2. A Federally-permitted vessel fishing in
				  the Exclusive Economic Zone, and operated by a person who does not hold a valid
				  Rhode Island Fishing License, may transit Rhode Island State waters for the
				  purpose of landing a species in Rhode Island, provided that the species in
				  possession do not have a State-allocated quota that is currently closed,
				  provided the vessel is in compliance with their Federal permit, provided the
				  vessel nets are stowed, and provided that the owner or operator possesses a
				  valid Rhode Island Landing License.
3. A vessel in possession of a regulated
				  species harvested in an open area of State waters may transit a closed portion
				  of State waters in possession of that species for the purpose of landing,
				  provided the operator of the vessel has a valid fishing license, and if fishing
				  with nets, the nets are stowed.
4.
				  A vessel fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone, and in possession of a
				  regulated species, must adhere to all applicable Rules and Regulations
				  governing commercial fishing operations, including but not limited to seasons,
				  possession limits, offloading hours, gear stowage requirements, and reporting
				  and record-keeping requirements.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 250-RICR-90-00-1.7 - Control Dates

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Department
				  may establish control dates, which shall serve as cut-off dates for potential
				  use in establishing eligibility criteria for future access to a
				  fishery.
B. Eligibility criteria
				  may include, but are not limited to, historic participation and/or gear levels
				  as documented by transaction records and official State or Federal
				  logbooks.
C. The establishment of a
				  control date is intended to promote awareness of the potential establishment of
				  eligibility criteria for future access to a fishery and to discourage
				  speculative shifting of effort into that fishery. To this end, the Department
				  may give various weighted considerations to those active in the fishery before
				  and after the control date.
D.
				  Establishing a control date does not commit the Department to any management
				  regime or criteria for limiting future access to a fishery; however, once
				  enacted, control dates may only be used to limit future access to a fishery in
				  accordance with a fisheries management plan.
E. Control dates may only be established
				  prospectively, unless a retroactive control date is expressly required by
				  Federal law, Regulation or court decision.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 250-RICR-90-00-1.8 - Penalties for Non-Compliance

Current through June 14, 2024
A. If the Director
				  determines that there has been non-compliance with the provisions of these
				  Regulations or a permit agreement, the owner and/or operator of the vessel
				  and/or license holder shall be advised of such determination and the specific
				  grounds therefore in writing. The determination shall specifically include
				  notice that an opportunity for a hearing is available before the Administrative
				  Adjudication Division pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-17.7 relative to
				  either or both the finding that sufficient evidence exists of non-compliance
				  with the provisions of these Regulations or the permit agreement as well as the
				  termination of the permit and or the imposition of a penalty pursuant to R.I.
				  Gen. Laws §
										20-1-16.
B. Judicially imposed penalty for violations:
1. Unless otherwise specifically provided,
				  the violation of any Law or Rule or Regulation relating to wild animals, wild
				  birds, lobsters and fish, marine, freshwater and anadromous fisheries and
				  shellfisheries shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than
				  five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for up to ninety (90) days, or
				  both.
2. Additionally, a person may
				  be subject to the imposition of an administrative penalty pursuant to DEM's
				  Rules and Regulations Governing the Suspension/Revocation of Commercial and
				  Recreational Fishing Licenses, Part 80-00-6 of this Title, licenses issued
				  pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Title 20.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 250-RICR-90-00-1.9 - Appeals

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Denial of a license or permit: Persons
				  denied a license or permit may request an appeal within thirty (30) days of the
				  receipt of the denial as provided by R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-17.7 and
				  pursuant to the Rules and Regulations for the Administrative Adjudication
				  Division, Part 10-00-1 of this Title.
B. Enforcement Action: Any person affected by
				  a decision of the Director for an enforcement action pursuant to these
				  Regulations may file and appeal within twenty (20) days after the date of
				  receipt of the enforcement action in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter
				  42-17.7 and Rules and Regulations for the Administrative Adjudication Division,
				  Part 10-00-1 of this Title.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 250-RICR-90-00-1.11 - Commonly Used Acronyms

Current through June 14, 2024
"ACCSP" means Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics
					 Program.
"ASMFC" means Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
					 Commission.
"CRMC" means Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management
					 Council.
"DEM" or "Department" means Rhode Island Department of
					 Environmental Management.
"Division" means the Division of Marine Fisheries of the
					 Department of Environmental Management.
"DOH" means Rhode Island Department of Health.
"LCMA" means Lobster Conservation Management Area.
"LCMA 2" means Lobster Conservation Management Area 2, as
					 delineated in Amendment 3, Appendix 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan
					 for American Lobster, adopted by the ASMFC in December 1997.
"LTA" means Lobster trap allocation, either issued by the
					 Department or NOAA Fisheries.
"NOAA" means National Oceanic and Atmospheric
					 Administration.
"RIMFC" means the Rhode Island Marine Fisheries
					 Council.
"SAFIS" means Standard Atlantic Fisheries Information
					 System.
"TAL" means Total allowable landings.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 250-RICR-90-00-1.13 - Shellfish and Marine Life Management Areas

Current through June 14, 2024
1.13.1
General
A. Shellfish and Marine
				  Life Management Areas are established by the Director pursuant to R.I. Gen.
				  Laws §
											20-3-4.
B. Where possible, locations are identified
				  by visual landmarks in addition to latitude and longitude coordinates. Please
				  refer to §1.13.3 of this Part for the latitude and longitude
				  (DDD.DDDDD°) point locations which correspond to each visual
				  landmark.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 2 - Commercial Marine Fishing Licenses, Landing Permits, and Party and Charter Licenses › Section 250-RICR-90-00-2.1 - Purpose

Current through June 14, 2024
The purpose of these Regulations is to establish a process
					 for managing marine fisheries, through the development of management plans and
					 programs, licensing protocols, and data collection systems.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 2 - Commercial Marine Fishing Licenses, Landing Permits, and Party and Charter Licenses › Section 250-RICR-90-00-2.2 - Authority

Current through June 14, 2024
These Regulations are promulgated pursuant to R.I. Gen.
					 Laws Chapters 42-17.1, 20-2.1, and 20-2.2, R.I. Gen. Laws §
										20-1-4 and in accordance with R.I.
					 Gen. Laws Chapter 42-35, the Administrative Procedures Act.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 2 - Commercial Marine Fishing Licenses, Landing Permits, and Party and Charter Licenses › Section 250-RICR-90-00-2.3 - Application

Current through June 14, 2024
The terms and provisions of these Regulations shall be
					 liberally construed to permit the Department to effectuate the purposes of
					 State law, goals, and policies.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 2 - Commercial Marine Fishing Licenses, Landing Permits, and Party and Charter Licenses › Section 250-RICR-90-00-2.4 - Severability

Current through June 14, 2024
If any provision of these Regulations, or the application
					 thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid by a court of competent
					 jurisdiction, the validity of the remainder of the Regulations shall not be
					 affected thereby.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 2 - Commercial Marine Fishing Licenses, Landing Permits, and Party and Charter Licenses › Section 250-RICR-90-00-2.5 - Superseded Rules and Regulations

Current through June 14, 2024
On the effective date of this Part, all previous
					 Regulations, and any policies regarding the administration and enforcement of
					 R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 20-2 ("Licensing"), 20-2.1 ("Commercial Fishing
					 Licenses"), and 20-3.1 ("Marine Fisheries Management Modernization"), shall be
					 superseded, provided that Regulations promulgated by the Director or the Rhode
					 Island Marine Fisheries Council pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 20-3
					 ("Marine Fisheries Council"), will remain in effect until amended or replaced.
					 Provided, furthermore, that any enforcement action taken by, or application
					 submitted to, the Department prior to the effective date of these Regulations
					 shall be governed by the Regulations in effect at the time the enforcement
					 action was taken or application was filed.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 2 - Commercial Marine Fishing Licenses, Landing Permits, and Party and Charter Licenses › Section 250-RICR-90-00-2.6 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
See Part 1 of this Subchapter.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 2 - Commercial Marine Fishing Licenses, Landing Permits, and Party and Charter Licenses › Section 250-RICR-90-00-2.7 - Commercial Fishing Licenses

Current through June 14, 2024
2.7.1
General
				  Applicability
A. No person shall catch,
				  harvest, hold, or transport for sale in Rhode Island or in the marine waters of
				  Rhode Island any marine species without a license issued by the Director
				  pursuant to these regulations and Part 7 of this Subchapter.
B. Exemptions. A license is not required for
				  the following:
1. Crews assisting in direct
				  commercial harvest operations for all commercial fisheries except shellfish,
				  regardless of the manner, method, or contrivance employed, as long as said crew
				  is/are located onboard a commercially declared vessel that is owned by an
				  individual issued a valid commercial Multipurpose Vessel License, or operated
				  by an individual who possesses a valid and proper commercial fishing license
				  and is/are under the direct supervision and responsibility of a vessel operator
				  issued a valid permit by the Department or properly licensed commercial
				  fisher.
2. Crews assisting only
				  with culling activities and other indirect harvest operations with respect to
				  commercial shellfish operations, while said crew is/are located onboard a
				  commercially declared vessel that is owned by an individual issued a valid
				  commercial Multipurpose Vessel License, or operated by an individual who
				  possesses a valid and proper commercial fishing license and is/are under the
				  direct supervision and responsibility of a vessel operator issued a valid
				  permit by the Department or properly licensed commercial fisher.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 2 - Commercial Marine Fishing Licenses, Landing Permits, and Party and Charter Licenses › Section 250-RICR-90-00-2.8 - Landing Permits

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Applicability
1. Authorizes off-loading of seafood products
				  legally harvested outside of Rhode Island waters for sale or intended sale in
				  Rhode Island
2. Authorizes the
				  permit holder to secure a vessel with the seafood products onboard to a
				  shoreside facility where the products may be offloaded for sale or intended
				  sale.
3. If the operator of a
				  vessel carrying seafood products notifies the Department's Division of Law
				  Enforcement at least four (4) hours before entering Rhode Island waters that he
				  or she intends to dock in a Rhode Island port for specified purposes other than
				  landing, selling, or offering that seafood for sale, and if permission to do so
				  is first obtained from the Division of Law Enforcement, no Landing Permit or
				  Rhode Island license is required.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 2 - Commercial Marine Fishing Licenses, Landing Permits, and Party and Charter Licenses › Section 250-RICR-90-00-2.9 - Party and Charter Licenses

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Applicability:
				  All party and charter boats carrying recreational passengers to take, or
				  attempt to take, marine fish upon the navigable State and coastal waters of
				  Rhode Island shall be required to obtain a Rhode Island party and charter boat
				  license.
B. Eligibility: To obtain
				  a license, the owner of a qualified vessel must apply to DEM on forms as
				  prescribed by the Director. The following information must be submitted with a
				  completed application form:
1. A current copy
				  of the operator's United States Coast Guard license to carry passengers for
				  hire.
2. A current copy of the
				  vessel's "Certificate of Documentation" certifying that the vessel is
				  documented "Coastwise", or if the vessel is under five (5) net tons, a copy of
				  the vessel's State registration.
3.
				  Proof that the operator and crew are currently enrolled in a random drug
				  testing program that complies with the Federal Government's
				  46 C.F.R. §
												16.101
et seq.
"Drug Testing
				  Program" Regulations; and
4. A
				  signed, license-application form certifying that the vessel is, and will be,
				  operated in compliance with all State and Federal safety Regulations for the
				  vessel.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.2 - Authority

Current through June 14, 2024
A. These Rules and Regulations are
				  promulgated pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Title 20, R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters
				  42-17.1, 42-17.6, and 42-17.7, and in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws §
										42-35-18(b)(5),
				  Administrative Procedures Act, as amended.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.3 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. See Definitions and General Provisions,
				  Part 1 of this Subchapter.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.4 - License Required

Current through June 14, 2024
3.4.1
Recreational
A. Applicability: No
				  person shall take finfish or squid recreationally from the marine waters of
				  Rhode Island without a valid recreational saltwater fishing license. Finfish
				  taken recreationally shall not be sold or offered for sale. A person is
				  considered to be engaging in recreational fishing if they are engaged in the
				  process of angling via the use of any type of hook and line, or spearfishing
				  via the use of any type of spear or powerhead, or if they possess equipment
				  used for angling or spearfishing and are in possession of finfish or squid. A
				  valid recreational saltwater fishing license may include any of the following:
1. A Rhode Island recreational saltwater
				  fishing license issued by the Director.
2. A recreational saltwater fishing license
				  from a reciprocal State. Reciprocal States are listed at
				  saltwater.ri.gov.
3. A national
				  saltwater angler registration.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.5 - General Provisions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Transfer at sea:
				  No one may transfer or attempt to transfer at sea, from one (1) vessel to
				  another, any finfish that are subject to these Regulations.
B. 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.
C. Seasons and possession limits are subject
				  to change throughout the season pursuant to §
										1.4 of this Subchapter.
				  Notification of any such modification is made pursuant to §
										1.4(B)(4) of
				  this Subchapter. It is the responsibility of the licensed person to comply with
				  possession limits and all such modifications.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.6 - Black Sea Bass

Current through June 14, 2024
3.6.1
Recreational
A. General
				  recreational:
1. Minimum size: Sixteen and one
				  half inches (16.5"). Minimum size measurement for black sea bass does not
				  include the tendril located on the caudal (tail) fin.
2. Season and possession limit:
a. January 1 through May 21:
				  Closed.
b. May 22 through August
				  26: Two (2) fish per person per day.
c. August 27 through December 31: Three (3)
				  fish per person per day.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.7 - Scup

Current through June 14, 2024
3.7.1
Recreational
A. Private and rental:
1. Minimum size: Eleven inches
				  (11").
2. Season: May 1 through
				  December 31.
3. Possession limit:
				  Thirty (30) fish per person per day.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.8 - Striped Bass

Current through June 14, 2024
3.8.1
Recreational
A. Minimum size:
				  Twenty-eight inches (28").
B.
				  Maximum size: Less than thirty-one inches (< 31").
C. Season: January 1 through December
				  31.
D. Possession limit: One (1)
				  fish per person per day.
E. Gear
				  Restrictions:
1. The use of circle hooks is
				  required by any person while fishing recreationally with bait for striped bass.
a. Bait is defined as any marine or aquatic
				  organism live or dead, whole or parts thereof.
b. The circle hook requirement shall not
				  apply to any artificial lure with bait attached.
2. Striped bass caught on any unapproved
				  method of take must be returned to the water immediately without unnecessary
				  injury.
3. It shall be unlawful for
				  any person to gaff or attempt to gaff any striped bass at any time when fishing
				  recreationally. Use of a spear or bolt while diving (SCUBA, Snorkeling or free)
				  shall not be considered gaffing.
a. A gaff is
				  defined as an implement used after a fish has been caught by other means, to
				  puncture, hook or penetrate the fish during the process of retrieval or release
				  of said fish. For the purpose of this definition, a spear or bolt commonly used
				  in spearfishing will not be considered a gaff.
F. Recreational filleting:
1. General:
a. Racks must be retained and must be kept
				  whole, meaning the head, tail, and body remain intact.
b. No striped bass shall be mutilated in a
				  manner that prevents the accurate measurement of the fish.
c. No more than two fillets taken from legal
				  striped bass representing the equivalent of one fish per angler.
d. No possession of racks or fillets while
				  actively fishing with lines in the water.
2. Private Recreational Vessels: Racks must
				  be retained until the vessel is secured to a dock or removed from the water and
				  all of the fillets have been offloaded from the vessel.
3. Party/Charter Vessels: Racks must be
				  retained until the vessel is secured to a dock or removed from the water, all
				  paying passengers have disembarked the vessel, and all fillets have been
				  offloaded from the vessel.
4.
				  Shore-based Anglers: No filleting of striped bass will be permitted while still
				  actively fishing with fishing lines in the water.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.9 - Summer Flounder

Current through June 14, 2024
3.9.1
Recreational
A. Minimum size: Nineteen
				  inches (19").
B. Season: April 1
				  through December 31.
C. Possession
				  limit: Six (6) fish per person per day.
D. Special shore angling sites:
1. Special shore angling site locations:
				  India Point Park, Providence; Conimicut Park, Warwick; Rocky Point, Warwick;
				  Stone Bridge, Tiverton; East and West Walls (Harbor of Refuge); Narragansett;
				  Fort Wetherill, Jamestown; and Fort Adams, Newport.
2. Minimum size: Seventeen inches (17"). This
				  applies to only two (2) fish of the allowed total possession limit. The minimum
				  size of two (2) of the six (6) fish may be seventeen inches (17"). The minimum
				  size for the remaining four (4) fish shall be nineteen inches (19").
3. Season: April 1 through December
				  31.
4. Possession Limit: Six (6)
				  fish per person per day.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.10 - Tautog

Current through June 14, 2024
3.10.1
Recreational
A. Minimum size: Sixteen inches
				  (16").
B. Maximum size: One (1)
				  fish only may be greater than twenty-one inches (21").
C. Season and possession limit:
1. January 1 through March 31:
				  Closed.
2. April 1 through May 31:
				  Three (3) fish per person per day.
3. June 1 through July 31: Closed.
4. August 1 through October 14: Three (3)
				  fish per person per day.
5. October
				  15 through December 31: Five (5) fish per person per day.
6. Maximum per vessel possession limit: The
				  possession limit shall be per person per day, as stated above, with a maximum
				  of ten (10) fish per vessel per day.
7. Licensed Party and Charter vessels season
				  and possession limit:
a. January 1 through
				  March 31: Closed.
b. April 1
				  through May 31: Three (3) fish per person per day.
c. June 1 through July 31: Closed.
d. August 1 through October 14: Three (3)
				  fish per person per day.
e. October
				  15 through December 31: Five (5) fish per person per day.
f. Licensed Party/charter vessels are not
				  subject to the ten (10) fish per vessel per day restriction.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.11 - American Eel

Current through June 14, 2024
3.11.1
Recreational
A. Minimum size:
				  Nine inches (9").
B. Season:
				  January 1 through December 31.
C.
				  Possession limit: Twenty-five (25) fish per angler per day.
D. Licensed Party and Charter vessel season
				  and possession limit:
1. Season: January 1
				  through December 31.
2. Possession
				  limit: Fifty (50) fish per angler per day for the licensed captain and any
				  employed crew member; and twenty-five (25) fish per angler per day for any
				  paying customer.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.12 - American Plaice

Current through June 14, 2024
3.12.1
Recreational
A. Minimum size:
				  Fourteen inches (14").
B. Fishing
				  year: May 1 through April 30.
C.
				  Possession limit: Unlimited.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.13 - American Shad

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The harvest,
				  landing, or possession of american shad in the marine waters of Rhode Island is
				  prohibited.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.14 - Atlantic Herring

Current through June 14, 2024
3.14.1
Commercial
A. Minimum size: No
				  minimum size.
B. Season: January 1
				  through December 31.
C. Possession
				  limit: Unlimited.
D. River Herring
				  Bycatch Allowance: Vessels possessing a Federal atlantic herring permit fishing
				  in Federal waters may transit Rhode Island State waters and make a landing in
				  possession of alewives or blueback herring provided that the count of the
				  combined river herring is five percent (5%) or less than the count of atlantic
				  herring onboard the vessel.
1. The percentage
				  of river herring in the catch will be assessed by sorting and counting a batch
				  of fish taken from the catch of atlantic herring on board the vessel or being
				  landed by the vessel. This determination as to the percentage of river herring
				  in the catch shall be accomplished by filling a container as defined herein,
				  with a portion of the catch and examining the contents of said container. The
				  percentage of river herring in said container shall be deemed to be
				  representative of the percentage of river herring in the catch as a whole for
				  purposes of a determination as to whether a vessel is in compliance with the
				  requirements of this section.
2. A
				  batch of fish is defined as all fish in a separate container.
3. A container is defined as any box, tote,
				  bag, bucket or other receptacle capable of retaining at least twenty-five (25)
				  gallons of loose fish which may be separated from the total catch of atlantic
				  herring being landed.
E.
				  Atlantic Herring Processing: No person may process atlantic herring for
				  purposes other than human consumption. Direct mealing of atlantic herring is
				  prohibited.
F. Vessel restrictions:
				  No vessel harvesting atlantic herring in the atlantic coast herring fishery
				  shall exceed one hundred sixty-five feet (165') in length overall, and three
				  thousand (3,000) horsepower.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.15 - Atlantic Salmon

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The harvest,
				  landing, or possession of atlantic salmon in the marine waters of Rhode Island
				  is prohibited.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.16 - Atlantic Sturgeon

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The harvest,
				  landing, or possession of atlantic sturgeon in the marine waters of Rhode
				  Island is prohibited.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.17 - Bluefish

Current through June 14, 2024
3.17.1
Recreational
A. Minimum size: No minimum size.
B. Season: January 1 through December
				  31.
C. Possession limit: Three (3)
				  fish per person per day.
1. Licensed Party and
				  Charter vessels possession limit: Five (5) fish per person per day.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.18 - Coastal Sharks

Current through June 14, 2024
3.18.1
Recreational
A. Prohibited
				  species. Taking or possessing any of the following shark species is prohibited:
				  sandbar, silky, sand tiger, bigeye sand tiger, whale, basking, white, dusky,
				  bignose, galapagos, night, reef, narrowtooth, caribbean sharpnose, smalltail,
				  atlantic angel, longfin mako, bigeye thresher, sharpnose sevengill, bluntnose
				  sixgill, and bigeye sixgill.
B.
				  Shortfin Mako: The taking or possession of shortfin mako sharks is
				  prohibited.
C. Landings
				  requirements: No person fishing recreationally shall possess or land sharks
				  that do not have heads, tails, and fins attached naturally to the carcass.
				  Sharks may be gutted and bled by making an incision at the base of the caudal
				  peduncle provided the tail is not removed. No person fishing recreationally
				  shall fillet a shark at sea or otherwise cut a shark into pieces at
				  sea.
D. Minimum size:
1. Smooth dogfish, atlantic sharpnose,
				  finetooth, blacknose, and bonnethead shark: No minimum size
2. Tiger, blacktip, spinner, bull, lemon,
				  nurse, porbeagle, common thresher, oceanic whitetip, and blue shark: Minimum
				  fork length is fifty-four inches (54").
3. Scalloped hammerhead, smooth hammerhead,
				  and great hammerhead shark: Minimum fork length is seventy-eight inches
				  (78").
E. Shore-based
				  possession limit:
1. One (1) shark per person
				  per day, with one (1) additional bonnethead and one (1) additional atlantic
				  sharpnose shark per person per day.
2. Smoothhound sharks: Unlimited.
F. Vessel-based possession limits:
1. One (1) shark per vessel per day, or per
				  trip per day, whichever is less, regardless of the number of people on board
				  the vessel, with one (1) additional bonnethead and one (1) additional atlantic
				  sharpnose shark per vessel per day, or per trip per day, whichever is
				  less.
2. Smoothhound sharks:
				  Unlimited.
3. Sharks that are
				  transported by vessel are considered "boat assisted" and "vessel-based"
				  regardless of how or where they were caught.
G. Authorized gear: No person fishing
				  recreationally shall take sharks by any method other than rod and reel or
				  handline. Handlines are defined as a mainline to which no more than two (2)
				  gangions or hooks are attached; retrieved by hand, not by mechanical means; and
				  attached to, or in contact with, a vessel.
1.
				  Any vessel using rod and reel, must adhere to the following:
a. Use corrodible circle hooks, except when
				  fishing with flies or artificial lures; and
b. Maximize gear removal, as safely as
				  possible, when releasing sharks.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.19 - Cod

Current through June 14, 2024
3.19.1
Recreational
A. Minimum size: Twenty-two inches
				  (22").
B. Maximum size:
				  Twenty-eight inches (28").
C.
				  Season and possession limit:
1. January 1
				  through April 30: Five (5) fish per person per day.
2. May 1 through July 31: Closed.
3. August 1 through December 31: Five (5)
				  fish per person per day.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.20 - Haddock

Current through June 14, 2024
3.23.1
Recreational
A. Minimum size: Eighteen inches
				  (18").
B. Fishing year: May 1
				  through April 30.
C. Possession
				  limit: Unlimited.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.21 - Menhaden

Current through June 14, 2024
3.21.1
Recreational
A. Minimum size: No minimum size.
B. Season: January 1 through December
				  31.
C. Possession limit:
1. Less than or equal to four inches (4"):
				  Unlimited.
2. Greater than four
				  inches (4"): Two hundred (200) fish per person per day.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.22 - Monkfish

Current through June 14, 2024
3.22.1
Recreational
A. Minimum size: Seventeen inches (17") total
				  length or eleven inches (11") tail length.
B. Possession limit: Fifty (50) pounds tail
				  weight, or one hundred sixty-six (166) pounds whole weight per person and per
				  vessel per day. Whole weight is defined as the weight of monkfish that are
				  gutted (i.e. stomach, liver, and other entrails removed) and have the head and
				  tail attached.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.23 - Pollock

Current through June 14, 2024
3.23.1
Recreational
A. Minimum size: Nineteen inches
				  (19").
B. Fishing year: May 1
				  through April 30.
C. Possession
				  limit: Unlimited.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.24 - River Herring

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The harvest,
				  landing, or possession of river herring in the marine waters of Rhode Island is
				  prohibited.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.25 - Skate

Current through June 14, 2024
3.25.1
Recreational
A. Possession limit: Ten (10) fish per person
				  per day.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.26 - Spiny Dogfish

Current through June 14, 2024
3.26.1
Commercial
A. Seasons,
				  allocations, and possession limit: Rhode Island is currently designated as a
				  State that is part of the Northern region. A Northern region possession limit
				  and quota for spiny dogfish will be established annually by the ASMFC. The
				  Northern region quota for spiny dogfish shall be the most recent allocation by
				  the ASMFC, which is currently set at fifty-eight percent (58%) of the coastwide
				  quota.
1. Season: May 1 through April
				  30.
2. Possession limit: Seven
				  thousand five hundred (7,500) pounds per person and per vessel per day. When
				  notified that the quota in the Northern region has been harvested, or projected
				  to be harvested, as determined by the NOAA Fisheries or the ASMFC, the DEM
				  shall close the fishery for the remainder of the designated period.
3. DEM is hereby authorized to enter into
				  agreements with the other Northern region States for the purpose of
				  establishing seasons and possession limits governing the taking of spiny
				  dogfish, and may make adjustments as deemed necessary to comply with said
				  agreements. DEM will consult with the Rhode Island State water spiny dogfish
				  fishers prior to negotiating the subject agreements.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.27 - Yellowtail Flounder

Current through June 14, 2024
3.27.1
Recreational
A. Minimum size:
				  Thirteen inches (13").
B. Fishing
				  year: May 1 through April 30.
C.
				  Possession Limit: Unlimited.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.28 - Weakfish

Current through June 14, 2024
3.28.1
Recreational
A. Minimum size: Sixteen inches
				  (16").
B. Season: January 1 through
				  December 31.
C. Possession limit:
				  One (1) fish per person per day.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.29 - Winter Flounder

Current through June 14, 2024
3.29.1
Recreational
A. Minimum size:
				  Twelve inches (12").
B. Season:
				  March 1 through December 31.
C.
				  Possession limit: Two (2) fish per person per day in Rhode Island
				  waters.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.30 - Witch Flounder

Current through June 14, 2024
3.30.1
Recreational
A. Minimum size:
				  Fourteen inches (14").
B. Fishing
				  year: May 1 through April 30.
C.
				  Possession Limit: Unlimited.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.31 - Ocean Pout

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The harvest,
				  landing, or possession of ocean pout in the marine waters of Rhode Island is
				  prohibited.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.32 - Atlantic Wolffish

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The harvest,
				  landing, or possession of atlantic wolffish in the marine waters of Rhode
				  Island is prohibited.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.34 - Cobia

Current through June 14, 2024
3.34.1
Recreational
A. Minimum size: Thirty seven inches
				  (37").
B. Season: January 1 through
				  December 31.
C. Possession Limit:
				  One (1) fish per person and per vessel per day.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Finfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-3.35 - Spanish Mackerel

Current through June 14, 2024
3.35.1
Recreational
A. Minimum size:
				  Fourteen inches (14"); must be landed with head and fins intact.
B. Season: January 1 through December
				  31.
C. Possession Limit: Fifteen
				  (15) fish per person per day.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 4 - Shellfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-4.2 - Authority

Current through June 14, 2024
A. These Rules and Regulations are
				  promulgated pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Title 20, R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters
				  42-17.1, 42-17.6, and 42-17.7, and in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter
				  42-35, Administrative Procedures Act.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 4 - Shellfish › Section 250-RICR-90-00-4.4 - License Required

Current through June 14, 2024
4.4.1
Recreational
A. Resident: Rhode
				  Island residents are not required to obtain a license for the recreational
				  harvest or possession of shellfish.
B. Non-resident: A non-resident over the age
				  of twelve (12) years wishing to harvest or possess shellfish recreationally in
				  Rhode Island waters must obtain one (1) of the flowing licenses:
1. Fourteen (14) day: This license is valid
				  for fourteen (14) consecutive days including the date of issuance, and is
				  limited to one (1) license per person per calendar year. The annual fee is
				  eleven dollars ($11.00).
2. Annual:
				  This license is valid from the date of purchase until the last day in February.
				  The annual fee is two hundred dollars ($200.00).
3. Non-resident landowner: This license is
				  available to non-resident landowners and is valid from the date of purchase
				  until the last day in February. Ownership in the form of a current tax bill
				  from a town or city hall showing that the non-resident landowner is current in
				  his or her property tax obligation is required at time of application. The
				  annual fee is twenty-five dollars ($25.00).