2010 Rhode Island Code
Title 20 Fish and Wildlife
CHAPTER 20-6 Shellfish
§ 20-6-10 Allowance of shellfish taking under license.
§ 20-6-10 Allowance of shellfish taking under license. – (a) Unless otherwise specified by regulation of the marine fisheries council, a holder of a commercial shellfishing license may take and/or possess, in any one day, up to twelve (12) bushels of quahaugs, twelve (12) bushels of soft shell clams, and three (3) bushels of oysters.
(b) A holder of a non-resident shellfishing license may take in any one day not more than one peck each of oysters, quahaugs, soft-shell clams, surf clams, or mussels. Any person taking more than these allowances in any one day shall be fined upon conviction one hundred dollars ($100) for each bushel or part of a bushel exceeding the prescribed quantity or be imprisoned for not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 1987, ch. 254, § 3.)
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