Rhode Island § 20-4.1-1 § 20-4.1-1. Designation of menhaden management area.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 20-4.1-1 — § 20-4.1-1. Designation of menhaden management area.

Rhode Island § 20-4.1-1

Title 20Fish and Wildlife

Ch. 20-4.1Menhaden Management Area

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-4.1-1 (2026).

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§ 20-4.1-1. Designation of menhaden management area.
Narragansett Bay in its entirety is designated a menhaden management area. The area
            shall include the east and west passages of Narragansett Bay, Mt. Hope Bay, and the
            Sakonnet River, and be bordered on the south by a line from Bonnet Point to Beavertail
            Point to Castle Hill Light. The southern boundary will then extend from Land's End
            to Sachuset Point and then to Sakonnet Point. All sections of the management area
            north of a line from Spink Neck in the town of North Kingstown to Pine Hill Point
            on Prudence Island and from a point at Homestead Dock on the easterly shore of Prudence
            Is

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§ 20-4.1-1. Designation of menhaden management area.

Narragansett Bay in its entirety is designated a menhaden management area. The area shall include the east and west passages of Narragansett Bay, Mt. Hope Bay, and the Sakonnet River, and be bordered on the south by a line from Bonnet Point to Beavertail Point to Castle Hill Light. The southern boundary will then extend from Land's End to Sachuset Point and then to Sakonnet Point. All sections of the management area north of a line from Spink Neck in the town of North Kingstown to Pine Hill Point on Prudence Island and from a point at Homestead Dock on the easterly shore of Prudence Island, thence northeasterly to Hog Island Shoal Light, thence to the most easterly end of the Mt. Hope Bridge in the town of Portsmouth, and north of a line extending from McCurry Point, so called, on the east side of the town of Portsmouth northeasterly in a line to the southerly point of Jack's Island, so called, in the town of Tiverton will be permanently closed to the taking of menhaden for reduction purposes by the use of purse seines.