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250-RICR-90-00-3 PROPOSED RULE

Title 250 Department of Environmental Management
Chapter 90 Marine Fisheries
Subchapter 00 N/A
Part 3 Finfish
Type of Filing Amendment
Regulation Status Proposed
Filing Notice Date 10/16/2024
Filing Hearing Date(s) 11/06/2024
Public Comment Dates 10/16/2024 to 11/15/2024

Regulation Authority:

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 42-35-18(b)(5)
Administrative Procedures Act
as amended

Purpose and Reason:

a. Noticed rule: Weekly possession limit for Tautog.

Industry proposal to amend section 3.10.2(B) regarding the commercial tautog fishery to amend the possession limit for each of the sub-periods from 10 fish per day to 50 fish per week.

A similar industry proposal is with proposed amendments to Part 23 Aggregate Programs for Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass to add tautog to the current summer/fall program. These proposals are mutually exclusive and cannot be adopted together.





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