Rhode Island General Laws 20-7-16. Egg-bearing blue crabs – Minimum size
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No person shall take, offer for sale, or possess at any time any female blue crab bearing eggs visible thereon, or from which the egg pouch or bunion has been removed. Unless otherwise specified by regulation, no person shall take, buy, sell, give away, expose for sale, or possess any blue crab measuring less than four and one-eighth inches (4??) across the shell from tip to tip of spike.
History of Section.
P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 2023, ch. 281, § 6, effective June 22, 2023; P.L. 2023, ch. 282, § 6, effective June 22, 2023.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 20-7-16
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6