Rhode Island General Laws 20-2.1-10. Powers and duties of the marine fisheries council with regard to licensure
The marine fisheries council, established by chapter 3 of this title, shall have the power and the duty to advise the director in accordance with § 20-2.1-9(3) on all rules, except emergency rules, necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter. The council may establish any committees and hold any meetings and hearings that it may deem appropriate to fulfill this responsibility. The council shall advise the director on the development of the regulatory agenda for marine fisheries and shall have the power to initiate rule making by petition as provided for in § 42-35-6. The council shall advise the department concerning the development of annual plans for the allocation and use of the funds made available to the department from commercial fishing license fees, tags, permits, and vessel fees as provided in § 20-2-28.2.
History of Section.
P.L. 2002, ch. 47, § 4.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 20-2.1-10
- Commercial fishing: means to take, harvest, hold, transport, load, or off-load, marine species for sale or for intended sale;
(3) "Hinge width" means the distance between the convex apex of the right shell and the convex apex of the left shell;
(4) "Land or landing" means to off-load seafood products, including, but not limited to, finfish, shellfish, and crustaceans, for sale or intended sale, or to secure a vessel with the seafood products on board to a shoreside facility where the products may be off-loaded for sale or intended sale;
(5) "Nonresident landowner" means a nonresident citizen of the United States and owner of real estate in Rhode Island as evidenced by deed filed in the recorder of deeds office in a Rhode Island town or city hall;
(6) "Peck" means one fourth (¼) of a bushel;
(7) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity;
(8) "Possession" means the exercise of dominion or control over the resource commencing at the time at which a decision is made not to return the resource to the immediate vicinity from which it was taken. See Rhode Island General Laws 20-1-3