MEETING NOTICE – REGULATORY WORKSHOP
Please be advised the DEM Division of Marine Fisheries will be holding a regulatory workshop on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 4:30pm to solicit input regarding prospective amendments to the marine fisheries regulations.
In person: URI Bay Campus, Corless Auditorium, 215 South Ferry Road, Narragansett RI
Zoom webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89954168966?pwd=9trO2GbeTJSbXvi7Sb3wPaXcL7GBiR.1 [us02web.zoom.us]; meeting ID: 899 5416 8966; Passcode: QNbsV3; dial in: 1-929-205-6099 (listen only)
AGENDA
· Exit:entry ratio for Unlimited Finfish endorsement
· Exit:entry ratio for Unlimited Shellfish endorsement
· Electronic negative reporting due dates
· Reporting requirements upon sale of a vessel or gear
· Prioritization categories for the issuance of new licenses – revised licensing structure
· Clarification of restricted species
· Jonah crab claw possession allowance (harvesters and dealers)
· Horseshoe crab closure at new and full moons
· Biomedical horseshoe crab harvest in coastal ponds
· Lobster trap tag transfer application period (state vessels)
· Escape vent requirements for pots and traps other than lobster pots
· Marking of recreational pots and buoys
· Catch accounting clarification (revisit from last regulatory cycle)
· Summer Flounder Exemption Certificate:
o Expiration date of issued certificates
o Transfer application period after sale
If you have proposals related to the agenda items above or have any other regulatory matters you would like to discuss at this workshop, please email John Lake @ john.lake@dem.ri.gov no later than noon on Monday, July 7th. Staff are available to assist you with discussing prospective proposals.
Dates for the public hearing and RI Marine Fisheries Council meeting are to be determined; please stay tuned for future meeting announcements on the Division’s listserve.
Thank you.
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WorkshopNotice_July2025.pdf