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Rhode Island General Laws > Title 20 > Chapter 20-7 > § 20-7-14 - Mutilation of uncooked lobsters

(a) No person shall mutilate any uncooked lobster by severing its tail from its body or have in his or her possession any part or parts of any uncooked lobster so mutilated. In any and all prosecutions under this section the possession of any part or parts of any uncooked lobster so mutilated shall be prima facie evidence sufficient to convict.

   (2) The director of environmental management is authorized to promulgate regulations exempting land-based processing facilities from the provisions of this chapter. Those regulations shall prescribe the procedures to apply for the subject exemption permit and the standards to be employed by the director in his or her consideration of the application. Those regulations shall prescribe rules governing the conduct and operation of the facility and may include restrictions on product forms, sizes, possession requirements, and other provisions in order to maintain the protection of the lobster resource, and enforcement of the provision of this chapter.

   (b) Any fishing vessel operating in Rhode Island territorial waters shall not have on board at any time more than one pound of cooked or uncooked lobster meat for each person on board that vessel. Any violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), and imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days, or both.

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Rhode Island Laws: Fishing (Commercial)

Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 20-2.1. Commercial Fishing Licenses

Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 20-3. Marine Fisheries Council

Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 20-3.1. Marine Fisheries Management Modernization

Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 20-3.2. Rhode Island Freedom to Fish and Marine Conservation Act

Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 20-4. Commercial Fisheries

Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 20-4.1. Menhaden Management Area

Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 20-5. Fish Traps

Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 20-6. Shellfish

Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 20-7. Lobsters and Other Crustaceans

Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 20-8. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact

Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 20-8.1. Shellfish Grounds

Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 20-11. Fresh Water Fishing

Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 20-12. Fish Cultivation

U.S. Code Provisions: Fishing (Commercial)

U.S. Code > Title 15 > Chapter 13A - Fishing Industry

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 9A - Preservation Of Fishery Resources

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 10 - Northern Pacific Halibut Fishing

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 10B - Fish Restoration And Management Projects

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 10C - Fish Research And Experimentation Program

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 11 - Regulation Of Landing, Curing, And Sale Of Sponges Taken From Gulf Of Mexico And Straits Of Florida

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 15A - Great Lakes Fisheries

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 15B - Great Lakes Fish And Wildlife Restoration

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 15C - Great Lakes Fish And Wildlife Tissue Bank

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 16 - Tuna Conventions

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 16A - Atlantic Tunas Convention

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 16B - Eastern Pacific Tuna Fishing

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 16C - South Pacific Tuna Fishing

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 20 - National Fisheries Center And Aquarium

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 38 - Fishery Conservation And Management

U.S. Code Title 16 > Chapter 52 > Subchapter IV - Commercial Fishing Fleet Adjustment

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 56 - North Atlantic Salmon Fishing

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 56A - Pacific Salmon Fishing

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 60 - Fish And Seafood Promotion

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 61 - Interjurisdictional Fisheries

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 71 - Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 71A - Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 75 - High Seas Fishing Compliance

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 76 - Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 77 - Yukon River Salmon

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 88 - Western And Central Pacific Fisheries Convention

Federal Regulations: Fishing (Commercial)

U.S. Code > Title 15 > Chapter 13A - Fishing Industry

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 9A - Preservation Of Fishery Resources

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 10 - Northern Pacific Halibut Fishing

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 10B - Fish Restoration And Management Projects

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 10C - Fish Research And Experimentation Program

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 11 - Regulation Of Landing, Curing, And Sale Of Sponges Taken From Gulf Of Mexico And Straits Of Florida

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 15A - Great Lakes Fisheries

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 15B - Great Lakes Fish And Wildlife Restoration

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 15C - Great Lakes Fish And Wildlife Tissue Bank

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 16 - Tuna Conventions

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 16A - Atlantic Tunas Convention

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 16B - Eastern Pacific Tuna Fishing

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 16C - South Pacific Tuna Fishing

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 20 - National Fisheries Center And Aquarium

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 38 - Fishery Conservation And Management

U.S. Code Title 16 > Chapter 52 > Subchapter IV - Commercial Fishing Fleet Adjustment

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 56 - North Atlantic Salmon Fishing

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 56A - Pacific Salmon Fishing

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 60 - Fish And Seafood Promotion

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 61 - Interjurisdictional Fisheries

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 71 - Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 71A - Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 75 - High Seas Fishing Compliance

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 76 - Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 77 - Yukon River Salmon

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 88 - Western And Central Pacific Fisheries Convention

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