Rhode Island General Laws 20-1-3. Definitions
(a) When used in this title, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, unless the context indicates another meaning:
(1) “Bushel” means a standard U.S. bushel, 2,150.4 cubic inches capacity;
(2) “Commercial fishing” means to take, harvest, hold, transport, load, or off-load, marine species for sale or for intended sale;
(3) “Hinge width” means the distance between the convex apex of the right shell and the convex apex of the left shell;
(4) “Land or landing” means to off-load seafood products, including, but not limited to, finfish, shellfish, and crustaceans, for sale or intended sale, or to secure a vessel with the seafood products on board to a shoreside facility where the products may be off-loaded for sale or intended sale;
(5) “Nonresident landowner” means a nonresident citizen of the United States and owner of real estate in Rhode Island as evidenced by deed filed in the recorder of deeds office in a Rhode Island town or city hall;
(6) “Peck” means one fourth (¼) of a bushel;
(7) “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity;
(8) “Possession” means the exercise of dominion or control over the resource commencing at the time at which a decision is made not to return the resource to the immediate vicinity from which it was taken. The decision must be made at the first practical opportunity. In the case of aquaculture crops, “possession” means the exercise of dominion or control over cultured crops commencing at the time that a decision is made not to return the crops to the lease or facility from which they were taken. The decision must be made at the first practical opportunity, taking into consideration the management practices set forth in the approved operational plan;
(9) “Quart” means one thirty-second ( 1 / 3 2 ) of a bushel;
(10) “Resident” means an individual who has had his or her actual place of residence and has lived in the state of Rhode Island for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 20-1-3
- Bushel: means a standard U. See Rhode Island General Laws 20-1-3
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- real estate: may be construed to include lands, tenements, and hereditaments and rights thereto and interests therein. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-10
- town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
- United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8
(b) When used in this title, the following common names shall mean the animals designated by the following scientific names:
Alewife — Pomolobus or Alosa pseudoharengus
Bay quahaug — Mercenaria mercenaria
Bay scallop — Argopecten irradians
Blue crab — Callinectes sapidus
Blue mussel — Mytilus edulis
Conch/channel whelk — Busycon canaliculatum
Conch/nob whelk — Busycon carica
Deer — white-tailed deer, Odocoileous virginianus
Eel — Anguilla rostrata
Green crabs — Carcinus maenas
Jonah/northern crab — Cancer borealis
Lobster — Homarus americanus
Menhaden — Brevoortia tyrannus
Ocean quahaug — Arctica islandica
Oyster — Crassostrea virginica, Ostrea edulis
Rock crab — Cancer irroratus
Sea scallop — Placopecten magellanicus
Smelt — Osmerus mordax
Soft shell clam — Mya arenaria
Striped bass — Morone saxatilis
Surf clam or sea clam — Spisula solidissima.
History of Section.
P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 1988, ch. 165, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 78, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 47, § 1.