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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NOTICE<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Modification to possession limits and/or seasons for marine species regulated under quota<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This notice is issued in accordance with the provisions of Section 20-1-12.1 of the Rhode Island General Laws entitled “Modification
of possession limits and seasons for marine species managed under quotas.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This modification is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Effective 12:00AM on Monday, January 1, 2018, the commercial possession limit for
<b><u>Black sea bass</u></b> will be 500 pounds per vessel per week, until further notice.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Effective 12:00AM on Monday, January 1, 2018, the commercial fishery
<b><u>Menhaden in the Menhaden Management Area</u></b> will be CLOSED.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Effective 12:00AM on Monday, January 1, 2018, the commercial possession limit for
<b><u>Menhaden in state waters outside the Menhaden Management Area</u></b> will be Unlimited.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Effective 12:00AM on Monday, January 1, 2018, the commercial possession limit for
<b><u>Scup general category and floating fish traps</u></b> will be 50,000 pounds per vessel per day.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Effective 12:00AM on Monday, January 1, 2018, the commercial possession fishery
<b><u>Striped bass general category and floating fish traps</u></b> will be CLOSED.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Effective 12:00AM on Monday, January 1, 2018, the commercial possession limit for
<b><u>Summer flounder</u></b> will be 100 pounds per vessel per day, until further notice.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Effective 12:00AM on Monday, January 1, 2018, the commercial fishery
<b><u>Tautog</u></b> will be CLOSED, until further notice.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Possession limits are subject to modification throughout the year; it is the responsibility of the licensed fisherman to comply with possession limits and all
such modifications.</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Current commercial possession limits can be found by calling (401) 423-1920, or visiting the Marine Fisheries webpage at
</span><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/fish-wildlife/marine-fisheries/mfsizes.php"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/fish-wildlife/marine-fisheries/mfsizes.php</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">Peter A. Duhamel, Principal Environmental Planner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">RI Department of Environmental Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">Division of Marine Fisheries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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