Unless otherwise specified in regulations and except for those areas described in § 20-4-3, no person shall operate a beam, pair, or otter trawl or other mechanical trawling device in the Sakonnet River; Narragansett Bay; in Point Judith Pond, so-called, in the towns of Narragansett and South Kingstown; or the Harbor of Refuge, so-called, in the town of Narragansett; or in Potter Pond, so-called, in the town of South Kingstown; or in Great Salt Pond, so-called, in the town of New Shoreham.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-4-2
Otter trawls, pair trawls, and beam trawls — Areas prohibited
P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 2023, ch. 281, § 4, effective June 22, 2023; P.L. 2023, ch. 282, § 4, effective June 22, 2023.
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