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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TO: Director’s Office, RIMFC, Enforcement, Seafood Dealers, and Commercial Fishermen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FROM: RI Division of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Fisheries section<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>DATE: February 25, 2015<span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SUBJECT: Regulation amendment<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>An amendment to the RI Marine Fisheries regulations will be filed tomorrow, February 26, 2015. In summary, the change is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PART III MARINE FISHERIES COUNCIL</span></u></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>3.1.4 - This filing is to <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>DECREASE</span></strong> the commercial possession limit for<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Black sea bass </span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>to</span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 100 lbs/vessel/day </span></strong>beginning <b>12:01AM on Saturday, February 28, 2015</b>. [This regulation amendment becomes effective upon filing].<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For a Summary of Changes to the RI Marine Fisheries Regulations, </span><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>when posted</span></u></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>,<span style='color:black'> click here:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/pubs/regs/regs/fishwild/fishamnd.htm">http://www.dem.ri.gov/pubs/regs/regs/fishwild/fishamnd.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The regulations can be viewed in their entirety <b><u>when posted</u></b> at the DEM/DFW Marine Fisheries web site.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/pubs/regs/regs/fishwild/rimftoc.htm">http://www.dem.ri.gov/pubs/regs/regs/fishwild/rimftoc.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>