No person shall work a dredge, pair of tongs, rake or rakes, or any other implement commonly employed in taking shellfish, except an implement commonly employed for the taking of scallops, in a polluted area, nor shall any person, while upon or sailing over any polluted area, cast, haul, or have overboard any dredge, pair of tongs, rake or rakes, or any other implement commonly employed in taking shellfish except an implement commonly employed for the taking of scallops.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-8.1-6
Use of dredges, tongs, and rakes in polluted areas
P.L. 1980, ch. 263, § 1.
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