§ 20-12-1. Cultivation of inland fish.
The department of environmental management shall be empowered to introduce, protect, and cultivate fish in the inland waters of the state, and to construct, maintain, and operate fish cultivation and breeding facilities and undertake fish cultivation projects within the state as may be, in the opinion of the director, appropriate. The director may take fish from the fisheries of the state for any purpose connected with fish culture or for scientific observation.
History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 20-12 - Fish Cultivation
Section 20-12-1. - Cultivation of inland fish.
Section 20-12-2. - Acquisition of land for fish cultivation.
Section 20-12-3. - Freshwater hatcheries.
Section 20-12-5. - Fishing prohibited in or near waters set aside.
Section 20-12-6. - Obstructions to fish culture.
Section 20-12-7. - Violations as to fish cultivation projects.