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2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife
Chapter 20-4 - Commercial Fisheries
Section 20-4-2 - Otter trawls, pair trawls, and beam trawls - Areas prohibited.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 20-4-2 (2017)
§ 20-4-2. Otter trawls, pair trawls, and beam trawls - Areas prohibited.
Unless otherwise specified in regulations adopted by the marine fisheries council and except for those areas described in § 20-4-3, no person shall operate a beam, pair, or otter trawl or other mechanical trawling device in the Sakonnet River; Narragansett Bay; in Point Judith Pond, so-called, in the towns of Narragansett and South Kingstown; or the Harbor of Refuge, so-called, in the town of Narragansett; or in Potter Pond, so-called, in the town of South Kingstown; or in Great Salt Pond, so-called, in the town of New Shoreham.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.)
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