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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#00457A">235 Promenade Street | Providence, RI 02908 | 401.222.4700 |</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">
</span><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">www.dem.ri.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#00457A">| @RhodeIslandDEM</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">CONTACT: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Mike Healey, 401-258-0787 Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Michael.Healey@dem.ri.gov"><span style="color:#0066FF">Michael.Healey@dem.ri.gov</span></a><span style="color:#0066FF"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">DEM ANNOUNCES IT IS EXTENDING THE RENEWAL PERIOD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">FOR COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENSES UNTIL JAN. 31<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing today that it will
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">extend the renewal period of commercial fishing licenses, previously set to expire Jan. 13, until Jan. 31, 2023</span>. DEM is experiencing a license renewal backlog as it continues to transition from combining
several outdated licensing systems into one modern computing platform called <a href="https://rio.ri.gov/">
<span style="color:#0066FF">Rhode Island Outdoors</span></a><span style="color:#222222"> (RIO), which will have the functionality to handle nearly all the agency’s outdoors licensing and permitting services.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222222">While DEM continues to integrate data from the old IT systems to the new, it is asking users to renew by mail or
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">in person at the DEM Office of Boat Registration and Licensing located at 235 Promenade Street, Room 360, Providence, RI, 02908 or call
<span style="color:#222222">401-222-6647. </span>Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. Until close of business, Tuesday, Jan. 31, it will be permissible to fish with a valid 2022 license if your renewal has not been processed in time.
DEM sincerely appreciates customers’ patience and regrets the delays and inconveniences experienced by some who have traveled to the main DEM office in Providence to process their applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">DEM has mailed license renewal notices to all 2,800 current individual license holders in its system. The renewal window runs from
<span style="color:#222222">Jan. 1 to midnight on Feb. 28 for the three categories with the most license holders: resident and nonresident
</span><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/press-releases/dem-announces-new-standard-fishing-license-reminds-fishers-commercial-marine"><span style="color:#0066FF">standard fishing license</span></a><span style="color:#222222"> (ranging from $150 to $425 for RI residents
and from $300 to $1,750 for nonresidents, depending on the number of endorsements), multipurpose ($450 for RI residents, not available to nonresidents), and shellfish over 65 (</span><span style="color:#404040">available at no fee to RI residents 65 and older,
it allows participation in the quahaug fishery sector at basic harvest and gear levels).</span><span style="color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222222">Failure to renew licenses by Feb. 28 will result in the assessment of a $200 late fee if license holders opt to renew their marine licenses during the 60-day
grace period that follows immediately for late renewals. It runs March 1 through April 29. Deadline dates and renewal grace periods do not extend the validity of expired licenses. Until further notice, from Jan. 31 onward, it will be unlawful to fish without
a valid 2023 license. The license year runs Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Licensed fishers are obligated to comply with possession limits for finfish as provided in
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:rimarinefisheries-subscribe@listserve.ri.gov%20%3crimarinefisheries-subscribe@listserve.ri.gov%3e"><span style="color:#0066FF;background:white">the Division of Marine
Fisheries listserv</span></a><span style="color:#222222;background:white">, by dedicated phone line at 401-423-1920, or on the
</span><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/natural-resources-bureau/marine-fisheries/marine-fisheries-minimum-sizes-possession-limits"><span style="color:#0066FF;background:white">webpage</span></a><span style="color:#222222;background:white">. Licensed shellfishers
are obligated to comply with </span><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/environmental-protection-bureau/water-resources/research-monitoring/shellfish-area-monitoring"><span style="color:#0066FF;background:white">conditional closure areas</span></a><span style="color:#222222;background:white">
as provided on DEM's dedicated phone line at 401-222-2900. Also</span><span style="color:#222222">, all applicants who harvest shellfish must complete a 30-minute online tutorial,
</span><a href="https://www.ri.gov/dem/training/shellfish/"><span style="color:#0066FF">which is located here</span></a><span style="color:#222222">.
</span>For more information on marine fisheries meetings and notices, <a href="mailto:rimarinefisheries-subscribe@listserve.ri.gov?body=subscribe%20rimarinefisheries">
<span style="color:#0066FF">please subscribe to the listserv by clicking here</span></a> to stay up-to-date on marine fishery meetings and notices.<span style="color:#222222;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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