§ 20-2.1-8. Dealers' licenses and fees.
(a) No person, partnership, firm, association, or corporation shall barter or trade in
marine species taken by persons licensed under this chapter unless a license so to
do has been obtained from the director of environmental management.
(b) Any licensee operating under the provisions of this section shall purchase marine
species from licensed persons only and shall purchase or possess only those lobsters
legally taken or possessed.
(c) The director shall issue and enforce rules and regulations and orders governing bartering
and trading in marine species by licensed persons of marine species and licensed dealers,
and other persons, partnerships, firms, associations, or corporations.
(d) License types and fees.
(1) Multipurpose dealer's license This license shall allow the dealer to purchase or sell all marine products in the
state of Rhode Island. The license shall be valid for the calendar year in which it
is issued. The fee shall be four hundred and fifty dollars ($450).
(2) Finfish dealer's license. This license shall allow the dealer to purchase or sell all finfish products in the
state of Rhode Island. The license shall be valid for the calendar year in which it
is issued. The fee shall be three hundred dollars ($300).
(3) Shellfish dealer's license. This license shall allow the dealer to purchase or sell all shellfish products in
the state of Rhode Island. The license shall be valid for the calendar year in which
it is issued. The fee shall be three hundred dollars ($300).
(4) Crustacean dealer license. This license shall allow the dealer to purchase all crustacean products in the state
of Rhode Island. The license shall be valid for the calendar year in which it is issued.
The fee shall be three hundred dollars ($300).
(e) Seafood dealers license — Suspension or revocation. The director may suspend, revoke, or deny the license of a seafood dealer or fisher
of marine species for the violation of any provision of this title or the rules, regulations,
or orders adopted or issued pursuant to this title.
(f) Any person aggrieved by the decisions of the director may appeal the decision pursuant
to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, chapter 35 of title 42.
(g) The director is authorized to enter and inspect the business premises, appurtenant
structures, vehicles, or vessels of any seafood dealer and to inspect the records
maintained by a seafood dealer for the purpose of determining compliance with the
provisions of this section and any rules, regulations, or orders issued under this
section, and no person shall interfere with, obstruct the entrance, or inspection
of the director or the director's agents of those business premises, appurtenant structures,
vehicles, or vessels.
(h) Any violation of the provisions of this section or any rule, regulation, or order
adopted under this section shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in § 20-1-16.