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Rhode Island General Laws > Title 20 > Chapter 20-7 > § 20-7-7 - Suspension and revocation of licenses

(a) If a person licensed under this chapter is convicted of any of the following offenses, his or her license shall be suspended for the following periods:

   (1) Possession of ten (10) or more undersize lobsters but not more than nineteen (19) in violation of § 20-7-10, one month;

   (2) Possession of twenty (20) or more undersize lobsters in violation of § 20-7-10, one year;

   (3) Possession of mutilated lobsters or lobster meat in violation of § 20-7-14, one year;

   (4) Possession of one or more brushed female berried lobsters in violation of § 20-7-10, one year;

   (5) Possession of ten (10) or more egg-bearing female lobsters in violation of § 20-7-10, one year;

   (6) Unauthorized raising of another's lobster pots in violation of § 20-4-8, one year;

   (7) Use or possession of a lobster pot from which the markings or branded numbers have been removed, altered or obliterated in violation of § 20-7-12, one year; and

   (8) Failure to file reports of lobsters taken as required by § 20-7-9, one year.

   (b) Any person whose license is so suspended shall not engage in the lobster fishery of this state during the specified period of suspension. Any person who is convicted of engaging in the lobster fishery during the specified period of suspension shall be fined five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisoned for thirty (30) days, or both. The license of any person convicted a second time of any of the offenses set forth in subsection (a) shall be revoked for three (3) years and the person whose license is revoked shall not engage in the lobster fishery of this state in any way while the revocation is in force, under a penalty of sixty (60) days' imprisonment or a fine of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both, for each offense.

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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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