§ 20-4-2. Otter trawls, pair trawls, and beam trawls — Areas prohibited.
Unless otherwise specified in regulations adopted by the marine fisheries council and except for those areas described in § 20-4-3, no person shall operate a beam, pair, or otter trawl or other mechanical trawling device in the Sakonnet River; Narragansett Bay; in Point Judith Pond, so-called, in the towns of Narragansett and South Kingstown; or the Harbor of Refuge, so-called, in the town of Narragansett; or in Potter Pond, so-called, in the town of South Kingstown; or in Great Salt Pond, so-called, in the town of New Shoreham.
History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 20-4 - Commercial Fisheries
Section 20-4-1. - Commercial fishing.
Section 20-4-1.1. - [Repealed.]
Section 20-4-1.2. - [Repealed.]
Section 20-4-1.3. - [Repealed.]
Section 20-4-2. - Otter trawls, pair trawls, and beam trawls — Areas prohibited.
Section 20-4-3. - Otter trawls, pair trawls, and beam trawls — Areas allowed.
Section 20-4-4. - Otter trawls, pair trawls, and beam trawls — Penalties.
Section 20-4-5. - Report of commercial fisheries.
Section 20-4-7. - Marking of traps.
Section 20-4-8. - Unauthorized raising of traps, pots, and devices.
Section 20-4-9. - Striped bass — Minimum size.
Section 20-4-10. - Possession or sale of undersize bass — Interstate commerce.
Section 20-4-12. - Striped bass — Use of nets and seines prohibited — Traps.
Section 20-4-13. - Commercial gill net fishery — License or permit required.