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</span><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NOTICE</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;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</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beginning 12:00AM on Thursday, September 16, 2021, the commercial possession limit for
<b><u>Summer Flounder</u></b> will remain at five-hundred (500) pounds per vessel per day for vessels with a Summer Flounder Exemption Certificate, until the next sub-period begins January 1, 2022 at one hundred (100) pounds per vessel per day. For vessels
without a Summer Flounder Exemption Certificate the commercial possession limit for
<b><u>Summer Flounder</u></b> remain at two hundred (200) pounds per vessel per day, until the next sub-period begins January 1, 2022 at one hundred (100) pounds per vessel per day.</span><span style="color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin: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/marine-fisheries/mfsizes.php"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/marine-fisheries/mfsizes.php</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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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>
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