Finfish

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 02/04/2025
Filing Hearing Date(s) 02/25/2025
Public Comment Dates 02/04/2025 to 03/07/2025

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. 2025 Recreational Striped Bass Management:   Clarify how recreational striped bass total length shall be measured (section 3.8.1(C))

2. 2025 Commercial General Category and Floating Fish Trap Striped Bass Management 

? Proposal 1 (Industry) (Noticed):  Amend the gill net prohibition for striped bass to allow for commercial harvest (sections 3.8.2(A)(3)(b)(2)(AA), 8.8.2(A)(3)(d)(2)(AA)), and 3.8.2(C)

? Proposal 2 (Industry):  Change the General Category (GC) fishery for striped bass to Rod & Reel. Harvest restricted to Rod & Reel only.  Change all instances of “General Category” and “GC” to “Rod and Reel” or “RR” in Part 3 – Finfish; sections 3.8.2(A), 3.8.2(A)(3)(b)(1), 3.8.2(A)(3)(d)(1), 3.8.2(A)(3)(d)(3), 3.8.2(A)(4), & 3.8.2(A)(5)

? Proposal 3 (Industry):  Change the quota allocations between general category and floating fish trap (sections 3.8.2(A)(2) and 3.8.2(B)(2)

? Proposal 4 (Industry):  Amend General Category season (section 3.8.2(A)(3))

? Proposal 5 (Industry): Remove rollover provision from floating fish trap to general category and vice versa, provide for a gillnet allocation of striped bass (section 3.8.2 and 3.8.2(A)(4)&(5)

3. Commercial Menhaden Management:

? Proposal 1 (Industry) (Noticed): Implement a weekly limit for menhaden regardless of the MMA status (section 3.21.2(A))

? Proposal 2 (Industry): Implement a weekly limit for menhaden regardless of the MMA status (section 3.21.2(A))

? Proposal 3 (Industry): Implement a bycatch limit for menhaden regardless of the MMA status (section 3.21.2(A))

? Proposal 4 (Industry): Implement a weekly limit for menhaden regardless of the MMA status (section 3.21.2(A))

? Proposal 5 (Industry): Increase the possession limit outside the MMA (section 3.21.2(A))

4. 2025 Recreational Cobia Management: Increase the minimum size and bag limit for FMP compliance (section 3.34.1)

5. Black Sea Bass Pots:  Deletion of redundant language (section 3.6.2(D))






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INACTIVE RULE Adoption - effective from 10/16/2017 to 01/04/2018

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