2010 Rhode Island Code
Title 20 Fish and Wildlife
CHAPTER 20-5 Fish Traps
§ 20-5-6 Continuity of traps.


§ 20-5-6 Continuity of traps. – (a) No more than two (2) traps shall be set together in any continuous string of line, and there shall be a space of one hundred fifty (150) fathoms between two traps set within which no trap, leader or other twine shall be placed.

(b) No more than three (3) traps shall be set, erected, or maintained by the holder of any permit issued hereunder in a manner to be consecutively arranged in any one of the lines described in § 20-5-5; provided, that this subsection shall not be deemed to limit the total number of traps that may be set, erected, or maintained in a line by a holder.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 2004, ch. 8, § 4; P.L. 2004, ch. 16, § 4.)

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