Rhode Island § 20-7-1 § 20-7-1. License required for taking of lobsters.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 20-7-1 — § 20-7-1. License required for taking of lobsters.

Rhode Island § 20-7-1

Title 20Fish and Wildlife

Ch. 20-7Lobsters and Other Crustaceans

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-7-1 (2026).

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§ 20-7-1. License required for taking of lobsters.
No person, either as principal, agent, or servant, shall, at any time, catch or take
            any lobster from any of the waters in the jurisdiction of this state, or place, set,
            keep, maintain, supervise, lift, raise, or draw in or from any of those waters, or
            cause to be placed, set, kept, maintained, supervised, lifted, raised, or drawn in
            or from any of those waters, any pot or other contrivance, designed or adapted for
            the catching or taking of lobsters, unless licensed to do so.
         

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§ 20-7-1. License required for taking of lobsters.

No person, either as principal, agent, or servant, shall, at any time, catch or take any lobster from any of the waters in the jurisdiction of this state, or place, set, keep, maintain, supervise, lift, raise, or draw in or from any of those waters, or cause to be placed, set, kept, maintained, supervised, lifted, raised, or drawn in or from any of those waters, any pot or other contrivance, designed or adapted for the catching or taking of lobsters, unless licensed to do so.