Rhode Island § 20-8.1-6 § 20-8.1-6. Use of dredges, tongs, and rakes in polluted areas.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 20-8.1-6 — § 20-8.1-6. Use of dredges, tongs, and rakes in polluted areas.

Rhode Island § 20-8.1-6

Title 20Fish and Wildlife

Ch. 20-8.1Shellfish Grounds

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-8.1-6 (2026).

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§ 20-8.1-6. Use of dredges, tongs, and rakes in polluted areas.
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.
         

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§ 20-8.1-6. Use of dredges, tongs, and rakes in polluted areas.

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.