§ 20-4-12. Striped bass — Use of nets and seines prohibited — Traps.
Unless otherwise specified by regulation, no person, firm, or corporation shall take,
or attempt to take, with or by the use of a net, seine, or any other contrivance of
any kind or description except by hook and line, spear, or by fish traps authorized
under authority of chapter 5 of this title, as amended, any striped bass from the
public waters of this state northerly of a line commencing at upper pier in the town
of Narragansett and extending in a straight line in a northeasterly direction to Beavertail
Lighthouse and thence continuing in a northeasterly direction in a straight
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§ 20-4-12. Striped bass — Use of nets and seines prohibited — Traps.
Unless otherwise specified by regulation, no person, firm, or corporation shall take,
or attempt to take, with or by the use of a net, seine, or any other contrivance of
any kind or description except by hook and line, spear, or by fish traps authorized
under authority of chapter 5 of this title, as amended, any striped bass from the
public waters of this state northerly of a line commencing at upper pier in the town
of Narragansett and extending in a straight line in a northeasterly direction to Beavertail
Lighthouse and thence continuing in a northeasterly direction in a straight line to
Castle Hill Lighthouse in the city of Newport; nor shall any person, firm, or corporation
take, or attempt to take, with or by the use of a seine, any striped bass from the
beach in the town of Charlestown for a distance of three (3) miles to the east of
Charlestown Inlet; provided, however, that it shall not be a violation of this section
for any person to take striped bass by means of the seine, net, or other contrivance
while fishing for other fish for the catching of which the use of the seine, net,
or other contrivance is permitted if the striped bass is immediately returned to the
waters from which taken; provided further, however, at all fish traps, between September
first and October fourteenth in any year, there is no obstruction, except the trap
anchor warp of the leader within one hundred fifty feet (150′) from the mean high
water mark on shore that will stop the free passage of striped bass. For the purpose
of this chapter, a "trap anchor warp� is any cable, wire, line, or like material or
device, and shall not exceed three inches (3″) in diameter.