§ 20-11-1. Fishing for which license required.
No person fifteen (15) years old or older shall catch or take any fish in any freshwater stream or freshwater pond within this state, or place or operate or superintend any device for the purpose of taking or catching fish in any of those waters, without having first obtained a license; provided, however, that a license shall not be required of any resident of this state, or the members of the resident’s immediate family, to fish in any brook or pond running through or bordering upon land owned or leased by the resident and on which the resident is actually domiciled, nor those individuals exempted under § 20-2-31.
History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 1986, ch. 549, § 3.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 20-11 - Freshwater Fishing
Section 20-11-1. - Fishing for which license required.
Section 20-11-2. - Closed season.
Section 20-11-3. - Fishing devices allowed.
Section 20-11-4. - Artificially cultivated fish.
Section 20-11-5. - Sale of freshwater fish.
Section 20-11-6. - Stocking of streams and ponds.
Section 20-11-7. - License required for selling freshwater minnows.
Section 20-11-8. - Authorized traps, seines, and nets.
Section 20-11-9. - Larger seines used by licensees.
Section 20-11-10. - Injurious substances.
Section 20-11-11 - — 20-11-19. [Reserved.]