Rhode Island General Laws 20-2.2-5. Exemptions
A license shall not be required for anyone who is:
(1) Under the age of sixteen (16);
(2) Permanently disabled or blind;
(3) On leave from active military duty;
(4) A passenger on a party or charter boat holding a current and valid license issued by the department in accordance with § 20-2-27.1;
(5) Fishing recreationally during a designated free-fishing day, which may be established by the director and occur on no more than one day per year; or
(6) Fishing commercially in accordance with a current and valid commercial fishing license.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 375, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 379, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 20-2.2-5
- Blind: means an individual who is blind in accordance with § 20-2-31. See Rhode Island General Laws 20-2.2-3
- 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. See Rhode Island General Laws 20-1-3