Lobsters, Crabs and Other Crustaceans


250-RICR-90-00-5 ACTIVE RULE

New changes for this rule will be effective on 05/12/2025. View Details
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5.1Purpose

5.2Authority

5.3Definitions

5.4General Lobster and Crab Pot Provisions

5.5Lobster

5.6Blue Crab

5.7Horseshoe Crab

5.8Jonah Crab

5.9Atlantic Rock Crab


Title 250 Department of Environmental Management
Chapter 90 Marine Fisheries
Subchapter 00 N/A
Part 5 Lobsters, Crabs and Other Crustaceans
Type of Filing Amendment
Regulation Status Active
Effective 01/19/2025 to 05/12/2025

Regulation Authority:

R.I. Gen Laws Title 20
Chapters 42-17.1
42-17.6
and 42-17.7
and in accordance with § 42-35-18(b)(5).

Purpose and Reason:

Noticed rule: Eliminate nighttime harvest prohibition and statutory reference and modify possession limit.

Additional proposals:

o Public proposal to eliminate 5.6(E) regarding the nighttime harvest prohibition of blue crab.

o Division proposal to eliminate 5.6(D)(1) so all gear types are bound to the twenty-five (25) crab possession limit.


Rulemaking Documents are organized by document type and are part of this rule’s rulemaking record (R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-35-2.3). If multiple documents of the same type are listed below, each is a unique document. If there are multiple Public Notice of Proposed Rulemaking documents, view each document to identify the most recently amended version, as it may be amended at any point during the Public Comment Period.