§ 20-4-1 Commercial fishing
§ 20-4-1.1
§ 20-4-1.2
§ 20-4-1.3
§ 20-4-2 Otter trawls, pair trawls, and beam trawls – Areas prohibited
§ 20-4-3 Otter trawls, pair trawls, and beam trawls – Areas allowed
§ 20-4-4 Otter trawls, pair trawls, and beam trawls – Penalties
§ 20-4-5 Report of commercial fisheries
§ 20-4-6 Repealed
§ 20-4-7 Marking of traps
§ 20-4-8 Unauthorized raising of traps, pots, and devices
§ 20-4-9 Striped bass – Minimum size
§ 20-4-10 Possession or sale of undersize bass – Interstate commerce
§ 20-4-11 Repealed
§ 20-4-12 Striped bass – Use of nets and seines prohibited – Traps
§ 20-4-13 Commercial gill net fishery – License or permit required
§ 20-4-14 Direct sales

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 20-4 - Commercial Fisheries

  • 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

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • 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
  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9