Please be reminded that this workshop is tomorrow night. Please note that the agenda has been updated, including the zoom link.
Thank you.
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://uri-edu.zoom.us/j/95047271044?pwd=TG77Nh2VrFS47UscXC7LR48oGzyr80.1 [uri-edu.zoom.us]; meeting ID: 950 4727 1044; Passcode: 081852; dial in: 1-929-205-6099 (listen only)
AGENDA
· Exit:entry ratio for Unlimited Finfish endorsement
· Exit:entry ratio for Unlimited Shellfish endorsement
· Commercial green crab license
· Electronic negative reporting due dates
· Reporting requirements with issuance of a new license upon sale of a vessel or gear
· Prioritization categories for the issuance of new licenses – revised licensing structure
· Clarification of restricted finfish species
· Jonah crab claw possession allowance (harvesters and dealers)
· Horseshoe crab closure at new and full moons
· Biomedical horseshoe crab harvest in coastal salt ponds
· Lobster trap tag transfer application period for state vessels
· Escape vent requirements for pots and traps other than lobster, black sea pass, and scup pots
· Marking of recreational pots
· Catch accounting clarification (revisit from last regulatory cycle)
· Summer Flounder Exemption Certificate:
o Expiration and renewal of issued certificates
o Transfer application period after sale
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_V3.pdf