Finfish


250-RICR-90-00-3 INACTIVE RULE

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3.1Purpose

3.2Authority

3.3Definitions

3.4License Required

3.5General Provisions

3.6Black Sea Bass

3.7Scup

3.8Striped Bass

3.9Summer Flounder

3.10Tautog

3.11American Eel

3.12American Plaice

3.13American Shad

3.14Atlantic Herring

3.15Atlantic Salmon

3.16Atlantic Sturgeon

3.17Bluefish

3.18Coastal Sharks

3.19Cod

3.20Haddock

3.21Menhaden

3.22Monkfish

3.23Pollock

3.24River Herring

3.25Skate

3.26Spiny Dogfish

3.27Yellowtail Flounder

3.28Weakfish

3.29Winter Flounder

3.30Witch Flounder

3.31Ocean Pout

3.32Atlantic Wolffish

3.33Sand Lance

3.34Cobia

3.35Spanish Mackerel

Title 250 Department of Environmental Management
Chapter 90 Marine Fisheries
Subchapter 00 N/A
Part 3 Finfish
Type of Filing Amendment
Regulation Status Inactive
Effective 04/28/2024 to 07/20/2024

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:

1. Recreational striped bass management – proposed recreational filleting requirements (proposed new section 3.8.1(F))
2. Commercial general category striped bass management – proposed changes to seasons, subperiod allocations, when possession is permitted, and when sale is permitted (section 3.8.2(A))
3. Commercial striped bass floating fish traps management – proposed change to reporting requirements (section 3.8.2(B)(6)) and possession limit trigger (section 3.8.2(B)(5))
4. Striped Bass tagging – proposed clarification to when fish must be tagged (section 3.8.2(E))
5. Menhaden management:
  • Proposed clarification of language throughout section; no regulatory changes proposed
  • Proposed change to the possession limit and the southern boundary of the Fall opening area (sections 3.21.2(A)(2)(c)(1) and 3.21.2(A)(2)(c)(2))
  • Proposed establishment of a weekly possession limit regardless of MMA status (section 3.21.2(A)(1))
6. Commercial bluefish management – proposed changes to seasons and starting possession limits (section 3.17.2)
7. Recreational scup management – proposed changes to minimum size, seasons, and possession limits (section 3.7.1)
8. Recreational summer flounder management – proposed changes to minimum size, seasons, and possession limits (section 3.9.1)
9. Proposed clarification to commercial possession limits (several species throughout rule; no regulatory change proposed)