§ 20-11-1 Fishing for which license required
§ 20-11-2 Closed season
§ 20-11-3 Fishing devices allowed
§ 20-11-4 Artificially cultivated fish
§ 20-11-5 Sale of freshwater fish
§ 20-11-6 Stocking of streams and ponds
§ 20-11-7 License required for selling freshwater minnows
§ 20-11-8 Authorized traps, seines, and nets
§ 20-11-9 Larger seines used by licensees
§ 20-11-10 Injurious substances
§ 20-11-20 Penalties
§ 20-11-21 Jurisdiction
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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 20-11 - Freshwater Fishing

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • 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. See Rhode Island General Laws 20-1-3