Every person taking in any one day more than one half (½) bushel each of oysters, bay quahaugs, soft-shell clams, sea clams, or mussels from the free and common fisheries of this state, without a license, shall be fined, upon conviction, not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) and costs for each one half (½) bushel or fraction thereof above the stated limits or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-6-9
Penalty for exceeding allowance without license
P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
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