Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 20-2.2 - Recreational Saltwater Fishing License

• Angling: means to fish recreationally using hook and line. See Rhode Island General Laws 20-2.2-3
• Blind: means an individual who is blind in accordance with § 20-2-31. See Rhode Island General Laws 20-2.2-3
• 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

• Exempted state: means a state that has been designated as an exempted state by the national marine fisheries service, pursuant to the National Saltwater Angler Registry Program, 50 C. See Rhode Island General Laws 20-2.2-3
• Finfish: means all species of finfish, excluding shellfish and crustaceans. See Rhode Island General Laws 20-2.2-3
• Fishing recreationally: means all forms of angling, as well as all forms of spearfishing, the purpose of which is to harvest, or attempt to harvest, finfish for noncommercial purposes. See Rhode Island General Laws 20-2.2-3
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Permanently disabled: means an individual who is one hundred percent (100%) permanently disabled in accordance with § 20-2-31. See Rhode Island General Laws 20-2.2-3
• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
• possession: means the exercise of dominion or control over cultured crops commencing at the time that a decision is made not to return the crops to the lease or facility from which they were taken. See Rhode Island General Laws 20-1-3
• Spearfishing: means to fish recreationally using a spear or a powerhead. See Rhode Island General Laws 20-2.2-3