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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">NOTICE</span></u></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Modification to possession limits and/or seasons for marine species regulated under quota</span></u></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">1.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"> <span class="xxapple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Beginning
12:00AM on Sunday, November 27, 2022, the commercial possession limit for<span class="xxapple-converted-space"> </span><b>Summer Flounder</b><span class="xxapple-converted-space"> </span>will be one thousand five hundred (1,500) pounds per vessel per day for
vessels<span class="xxapple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>with a Summer Flounder Exemption Certificate</i></b>, until the next sub-period<span class="xxapple-converted-space"> </span>begins January 1, 2023<span class="xxapple-converted-space"> </span>at one
hundred (100) pounds per vessel per day. <span class="xxapple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">For vessels<span class="xxapple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>without a Summer Flounder Exemption Certificate</i></b>, the commercial possession
limit for Summer Flounder will remain at two hundred (200) pounds per vessel per day, until the next sub-period<span class="xxapple-converted-space"> </span>begins January 1, 2023<span class="xxapple-converted-space"> </span>at one hundred (100) pounds per
vessel per day.<span class="xxapple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">For<span class="xxapple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>Pilot Aggregate Program participants</i></b>, this possession limit change corresponds
to ten thousand five hundred (10,500) pounds per vessel per week, until further notice.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><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<span class="xxapple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0078D4">(401) 423-1920</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
or visiting the Marine Fisheries webpage at</span><span style="color:#212121"><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/marine-fisheries/mfsizes.php"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0078D4">http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/marine-fisheries/mfsizes.php</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Thank you</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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