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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please be reminded that the public comment period for proposed rules currently out to public notice ends at 4:00pm on Sunday, March 17, 2024, 4:00PM.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">PUBLIC NOTICE - PROPOSED REGULATION AMENDMENTS</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Please be advised that the Division of Marine Fisheries</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> has
<span style="color:black">publicly noticed </span>the following regulation(s)<span style="color:black">
</span>to consider p<span style="color:black">roposed amendment</span>s:<a name="_Hlk143251687"><o:p></o:p></a></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]></span><a href="https://rules.sos.ri.gov/Promulgations/Part/250-90-00-3"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143251687"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Part 3 – Finfish:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143251687"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143251687"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Recreational striped bass management (proposed new section 3.8.1(F)):</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Proposed recreational filleting requirements
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Commercial general category striped bass management (section 3.8.2(A)):</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Proposed changes to seasons, subperiod allocations, when possession is permitted, and when sale is permitted
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Commercial striped bass floating fish traps management (sections 3.8.2(B)(6) & 3.8.2(B)(5)):</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Proposed change to reporting requirements and possession limit trigger
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Striped Bass tagging (section 3.8.2(E)):</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Proposed clarification to when fish must be tagged
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Menhaden management:<o:p></o:p></span></u></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Proposed clarification of language throughout section; no regulatory changes proposed
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Proposed change to the possession limit and the southern boundary of the Fall opening area (sections 3.21.2(A)(2)(c)(1) and 3.21.2(A)(2)(c)(2))<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:.25in;margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Proposed establishment of a weekly possession limit regardless of MMA status (section 3.21.2(A)(1))<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Commercial bluefish management (section 3.17.2):</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Proposed changes to seasons and starting possession limits
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Recreational scup management (section 3.7.1):</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Proposed changes to minimum size, seasons, and possession limits
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Recreational summer flounder management (section 3.9.1):</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Proposed changes to minimum size, seasons, and possession limits
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Proposed clarification to commercial possession limits (several species throughout rule; no regulatory change proposed)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:red">IMPORTANT!</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> Please refer to the Part 3 supplemental document (attached) for all noticed and submitted proposals under consideration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><a href="https://rules.sos.ri.gov/Promulgations/Part/250-90-00-5"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Part 5 – Lobster, Crabs, and Other Crustaceans:</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Proposed adoption of electronic
monitoring requirements for federal Lobster Permit Holders (proposed new section 5.5.8)<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><a href="https://rules.sos.ri.gov/Promulgations/Part/250-90-00-7"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Part 7 – Dealers:</span></b></a><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Striped Bass tagging (section 7.13(A)):</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Division proposal to clarify that striped bass shall be tagged
immediately “at the point of sale”. As currently written, the rule does not specify that tagging must take place no later than at the time and location of sale<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Striped Bass reporting (section 7.14(F)(2)): This rule was previously adopted (effective April 30. 2023) but was then inadvertently omitted in a subsequent
filing (effective November 20, 2023) via a technical error in the filing. This proposal seeks to re-establish this rule as previously adopted.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jonah crab - whole crab requirements (proposed new section 7.17):</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Division proposal to require that dealers
only accept whole Jonah crabs, consistent with harvester requirements (as found in Part 5 - Lobsters, Crabs, and Other Crustaceans section 5.11(C)(2)) that specifies that only whole Jonah Crab may be retained and sold, consistent with the FMP for Jonah Crab.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please click on the links provided above to view the proposed regulations. Interested parties may submit written comments concerning the proposed rules through Sunday,<b><u> March 17, 2024</u></b>. Written
comments are strongly encouraged; Division staff are available to answer any questions. Send comments by mail or email to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Peter Duhamel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">DEM Division of Marine Fisheries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">3 Fort Wetherill Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jamestown, RI 02835<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:peter.duhamel@dem.ri.gov"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">peter.duhamel@dem.ri.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A <b><u>PUBLIC HEARING </u></b>will be held Wednesday,
<b><u>February 28, 2024, </u></b></span><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">5:00pm</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In-person:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">URI Bay Campus, <u>Corless Auditorium</u> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">215 South Ferry Road, Narragansett<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Virtual (Zoom):</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
</span></b><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/us02web.zoom.us/j/84848688678?pwd=NGNjMW5DMGlWNFdlaFN5cFRhVGU5dz09__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!NRDGtIR0aprxYDlC-QZ-t_AvdDPGh-u04V-IRGXBpiEI4n_Hb8BBuFE6retOKpE46LS0ECCPQxXaWim6l_7zqLkRuFJs6V5BUbOzeZU$"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84848688678?pwd=NGNjMW5DMGlWNFdlaFN5cFRhVGU5dz09</span>
[us02web.zoom.us]</a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Meeting ID:</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> 848 4868 8678<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Passcode:</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> 311506<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dial in #:</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> 1-929-205-6099 (listen only)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A
</span><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/natural-resources-bureau/marine-fisheries/ri-marine-fisheries-council"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">RI Marine Fisheries Council</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> meeting is scheduled for April 1, 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">For all public meetings</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">,<span style="color:black"> please visit the Division’s calendar page
</span></span><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/marine-fisheries/rimfc/index.php"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">here</span></a>.<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thank you.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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