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<p class="MsoListParagraph" 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="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" 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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Beginning 12:00AM on Sunday, April 1, 2018, the commercial possession limit for
<b><u>Black sea bass</u></b> will be 750 pounds per vessel per week, until the next sub-period begins on May 1, 2018, at 50 pounds per vessel per day.</span><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Beginning 12:00AM on Sunday, April 1, 2018, the commercial possession limit for
<b><u>Tautog</u></b> will be ten (10) fish per vessel per day, until further notice.</span><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Beginning 12:00AM on Sunday, April 1, 2018, the commercial possession limit for
<b><u>Bluefish</u></b> will be 1,000 pounds per vessel per bi-week (i.e., each two-week period beginning Sunday, April 1), until the next sub-period begins on May 1, 2018, at 6,000 pounds per vessel per week.</span><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Beginning 12:00AM on Sunday, April 1, 2018, the commercial possession limit for
<b><u>Menhaden outside the Menhaden Management Area</u></b> will be 120,000 pounds per vessel per day, until further notice.</span><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Beginning 12:00AM on Sunday, April 1, 2018, the commercial possession limit for
<b><u>Coastal Sharks - Aggregated Large Coastal and Hammerhead Shark</u></b> species groups will be twenty-five (25) sharks per vessel per day, until further notice.</span><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></li></ol>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Beginning 12:00AM on Sunday, April 1, 2018, the possession limit for
<b><u>Recreational Tautog</u></b> will be three (3) fish per person per day (10 fish per vessel per day) until April 12, where the possession limit will be three (3) fish per person per day (10 fish per vessel per day) per the published regulations.</span><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><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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