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250-RICR-90-00-3 ACTIVE 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 Direct Final Amendment
Regulation Status Active
Effective 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:

a.       Section 3.19.1:  Proposed changes to minimum size and season for recreational cod management consistent with amendments to the FMP.

b.      Section 3.18.19(E)&(F), and 3.18.2(G):  Proposed change to possession limit of whitetip sharks consistent with amendments to the FMP.

c.       Other minor non-substantive clarifications. There is no effective change proposed or intended with this rule change.