RI Marine Fisheries Statutes and Regulations – Part VII – Minimum Sizes for Fish/Shellfish
250-1841 INACTIVE RULE EMERGENCY RULE
Title | 250 | Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management |
Chapter | XXX | Old Regulations Which Were Not Assigned Chapter-Subchap-Part |
Subchapter | XX | Old Regulations Which Were Not Assigned Chapter-Subchap-Part |
Part | 1841 | RI Marine Fisheries Statutes and Regulations – Part VII – Minimum Sizes for Fish/Shellfish |
Type of Filing | Amendment |
Regulation Status | Inactive |
Effective | 09/26/2011 to 01/24/2012 |
Regulation Authority:
Chapters 42-17.1, 42-17.6, 20-4 through 20-10, and sections 20-1-2, and 20-1-4, in accordance with Chapter 42-35 of the Rhode Island General Laws of 1956, as amended.
Purpose and Reason:
The purpose of this filing is to adopt regulatory amendments via emergency rule making in order to extend the recreational season for scup until December 31.
Brief statement of Reason for Finding Imminent Peril:
In order to increase access to the overstocked scup population and thereby afford relief and reduce the ecological peril faced by the tautog population which has been declared to be “overfished,” the Director has determined that it is necessary to adopt regulatory amendments via emergency rule making in order to extend the recreational season for scup until December 31.