[Rimarinefisheries] Menhaden fall opening

[rimarinefisheries at listserve.ri.gov]

Hello, 

 

Please be advised that a portion of the Menhaden Management Area is open for harvest as of today, September 1, which was a result of a public hearing held on May 11, 2015 and regulations that became effective on June 22, 2015.  The regulation is as follows:

 

16.2.8 Fall Opening of the Narragansett Bay Marine Life Management Area:  (A)  Beginning September 1 of each year, the area south of a line from the Jamestown and Newport Bridges, and the area south of a line from Fogland Point to Sandy Point in the Sakonnet River, to the southern extent of the Narragansett Bay Marine Life Management Area as defined in 16.2 will be open to the harvest of menhaden by purse seine as long as the states quota has not been exhausted or if the Episodic Event Set Aside Program has been enacted in RI.  (B)  Possession limit:  25,000 lbs per vessel per day.

 

Please also see the attached map showing this area (note: "proposed" Fall open area is final as described in regulation)

 

Thank you

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