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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please be advised that amendments to the following rules have been filed resulting from the public hearing held on November 6<sup>th</sup> and RI Marine Fisheries Council meeting held on December 4<sup>th</sup>
(effective date January 8, 2024):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://rules.sos.ri.gov/Regulations/part/250-90-00-1?reg_id=13054">Part 1 – Definitions and General Provisions</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://rules.sos.ri.gov/Regulations/part/250-90-00-3?reg_id=13057">Part 3 – Finfish</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://rules.sos.ri.gov/Regulations/part/250-90-00-4?reg_id=13091">Part 4 - Shellfish</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://rules.sos.ri.gov/Regulations/part/250-90-00-23?reg_id=13058">Part 23 - Summer-Fall Aggregate Program for Summer Flounder and Black Sea
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