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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Commercial Tautog Tags<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:red">REMINDER!</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> &nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please be reminded that RI commercial fishermen who
 received commercial tautog tags in 2022 must return all unused tags and tag reports to DEM no later than February 15, 2023.&nbsp;
<b>Failure to return all unused 2022 tags and tag reports may result in ineligibility to receive tags in 2023</b> (see
</span><a href="https://rules.sos.ri.gov/regulations/part/250-90-00-3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Part 3 &#8211; Finfish</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, section 3.13.2(C)).<b>&nbsp; &nbsp;</b>Tagging reports may be submitted via email (</span><a href="mailto:Nichole.ares@dem.ri.gov"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Nichole.ares@dem.ri.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">),
 mail, or fax (f: 401-423-1925).&nbsp; Unused tags and reports for 2022 tags may be returned by mail, or dropped off during business hours 8:30-4 Monday-Friday, to one of the following DEM offices:<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Division of Marine Fisheries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">3 Fort Wetherill Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jamestown, RI 02835<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Division of Coastal Resources<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">301 Great Island Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Narragansett, RI 02882<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Reports and tags must identify the license holders name and license number.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">&nbsp; Reports and tags that do not identify the license holders name and license number will
 not be accepted and may result in ineligibility to receive tags in the future. &nbsp;Additional reporting forms can be found on the Division website at:
</span><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bnatres/marine/pdf/tautogrpt.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bnatres/marine/pdf/tautogrpt.pdf</span></a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please direct questions to Coly Ares at 401-423-1926 or
</span><a href="mailto:nichole.ares@dem.ri.gov"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">nichole.ares@dem.ri.gov</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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