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Home » US Law » 2022 Rhode Island General Laws » Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife » Chapter 20-6 - Shellfish » Section 20-6-9. – Penalty for exceeding allowance without license.

§ 20-6-9. Penalty for exceeding allowance without license.

Every person taking in any one day more than one half (½) bushel each of oysters, bay quahaugs, soft-shell clams, sea clams, or mussels from the free and common fisheries of this state, without a license, shall be fined, upon conviction, not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) and costs for each one half (½) bushel or fraction thereof above the stated limits or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both.

History of Section.
P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.