Section 20-2-41. – Trout conservation stamp design, production, and distribution.
§ 20-2-41. Trout conservation stamp design, production, and distribution. The director of the department of environmental management shall adopt and shall be responsible for the design, production, procurement, distribution, and sale of all trout conservation stamps and all marketable stamp by-products such as posters, artwork, calendars, and other items. History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 133, […]
Section 20-2-42. – Trout conservation stamp fee.
§ 20-2-42. Trout conservation stamp fee. Stamps shall be sold at the direction of the director for a fee of five dollars and fifty cents ($5.50). Commencing July 1, 2025, the fee for a stamp shall be six dollars ($6.00). Commencing July 1, 2028, the fee for a stamp shall be six dollars and fifty […]
Section 20-2-43. – Disposition of trout conservation stamp receipts.
§ 20-2-43. Disposition of trout conservation stamp receipts. All trout conservation stamp receipts, and all receipts from the sale of stamp by-products, shall be deposited in a special trout conservation fund. All stamp and stamp by-products receipts shall be expended through the appropriations process for operations, trout habitat including acquisition, improvement research, and culture projects. […]
Section 20-2-44. – Shellfish transplant program.
§ 20-2-44. Shellfish transplant program. In addition to any appropriation made pursuant to § 20-2-28.2, the general assembly shall appropriate from the general fund to the division of marine fisheries the amount it deems necessary for the purpose of maintaining a shellfish transplant program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and thereafter, the […]
Section 20-2-30. – Fur trapping and licenses.
§ 20-2-30. Fur trapping and licenses. (a)(1) Fur trapper — Resident: fifteen dollars ($15.00); commencing July 1, 2025, twenty dollars ($20.00); commencing July 1, 2028, twenty-five dollars ($25.00). (2) Fur trapper — Nonresident: fifty dollars ($50.00); commencing July 1, 2025, seventy-five dollars ($75.00); commencing July 1, 2028, one hundred dollars ($100.00). (b) Fur trapper and […]
Section 20-2-45. – Narragansett Bay Oyster Restoration Act.
§ 20-2-45. Narragansett Bay Oyster Restoration Act. (a) Findings of fact. The general assembly hereby finds and declares the following: (1) Oyster fishery has historically been important to Rhode Island for economic and ecosystem benefits; (2) The Rhode Island oyster fishery has been in deep decline and is a fraction of its historical levels due […]
Section 20-2-31. – Hunting and fishing licenses — Exceptions.
§ 20-2-31. Hunting and fishing licenses — Exceptions. (a) Every valid license to hunt or fish in this state that is held by any resident of this state upon joining the armed forces or the merchant marine of the United States is hereby extended and is in force and valid until six (6) months following […]
Section 20-2-32. – Inspections condition of license.
§ 20-2-32. Inspections condition of license. All persons granted a license under the provisions of this chapter are deemed to have consented to the reasonable inspection of any boat, vessel, net, rake, bullrake, tong, dredge, trap, pot, vehicle, structure, or other contrivance used regularly for the keeping or storage of fish, shellfish, crustaceans, or any […]
Section 20-2-33. – Altering and counterfeiting a license.
§ 20-2-33. Altering and counterfeiting a license. Every person who falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits, or who causes to be made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, a license issued under this title, or purporting to be a license issued under this title, or who shall have in his or her possession such a false, altered, […]
Section 20-2-34. – Definitions.
§ 20-2-34. Definitions. As used in §§ 20-2-34 — 20-2-38: (1) “Migratory waterfowl” means all waterfowl species in the family anatidae, including wild ducks, geese, brant, and swans. (2) “Stamp” means the state migratory waterfowl hunting stamp furnished by the division of fish and wildlife as provided for in these sections. History of Section.P.L. 1988, […]