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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:red">NEW</span></u></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> 2016 RHODE ISLAND COMMERCIAL STRIPED BASS REGULATIONS FOR DEALERS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In 2016, the RI DEM adopted new and modified existing regulations pertaining to the purchase of commercial striped bass by licensed fish/shellfish dealers. Pursuant to provisions of the Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Regulations -<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>7.5 Striped bass finning:</u> <span style="color:red">
No licensed fish/shellfish dealer may purchase and/or offer for sale, any striped bass where the entire right pectoral fin has been removed.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>12.8 Commercial Striped Bass Tags:</u> Each individual Striped bass shall be immediately marked with tags available from DFW. No Striped bass may be sold unless it has been properly identified with such tag. DFW may designate tagging
agents as appropriate. All designated tagging agents shall keep and maintain the required forms and reports specified by DFW.
<span style="color:red">All tag reports and unused tags must be returned to DFW by January 1st of the following year. Failure to return reports and unused tags may result in the tagging agent becoming ineligible to receive striped bass tags in the future.</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The 2016 RI commercial striped bass tags are now available at the Department of Environmental Managements Marine Fisheries Office in Jamestown, RI, and DEM’ s Division of Coastal Resources Office in the Port of Galilee, RI, for licensed
RI seafood dealers. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">No licensed dealer may purchase a striped bass where the right pectoral fin has been removed, see picture below. Any licensed dealer who receives commercial striped bass tags is required to submit a tagging report to the Division accounting
for each tag received, whether used, broken, or unused. Dealers, who do not supply tagging reports for the tags they have already been issued, or who are not compliant with SAFIS dealer reporting requirements, will not be allowed to receive additional tags.
Dealers who do not submit tagging reports accounting for each tag used in 2016, and who do not return unused tags by January 1<sup>st</sup>, 2017, will not be issued any tags in 2017.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">An electronic excel template is available upon request for any dealer who wishes to submit their tagging reports electronically via email. Tagging reports may be submitted directly at Marine Fisheries or Coastal Resources, or via email,
mail, or fax. Anyone with questions should contact Nicole Lengyel at 401-423-1940 or
<a href="mailto:nicole.lengyel@dem.ri.gov">nicole.lengyel@dem.ri.gov</a>. <o:p>
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<p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="543" height="238" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D190DF.2A751D00"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Photo Credit: Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. Photograph taken at a Massachusetts wholesale dealer facility for demonstration purposes only.<o:p></o:p></p>
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