Please be advised that the following marine fisheries regulation has been filed for amendments resulting from the public hearing held on February 7th and RI Marine Fisheries Council meeting(s) held on March 7th and April 4th:
Part 3 – Finfish, regarding the following matters:
- 2022 recreational black sea bass management
- 2022 recreational scup management
- 2022 recreational summer flounder management
- 2022 recreational tautog management
- Commercial tautog tagging
- 2022 commercial general category striped bass management
- Commercial striped bass regarding gill netting prohibition
- Commercial striped bass management regarding floating fish trap sector allocation transfer (rollover) to the general category sector
The effective date of this amended rule is May 1, 2022. To view documents associated with the filing, including the public comments and Director’s Decision memo, go to the links above and go to tab “Rulemaking Documents”.
Thank you.
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