§ 20-6-10 - Allowance of shellfish taking under license.
SECTION 20-6-10
§ 20-6-10 Allowance of shellfish takingunder license. – (a) Unless otherwise specified by regulation of the marine fisheries council, aholder of a commercial shellfishing license may take and/or possess, in any oneday, up to twelve (12) bushels of quahaugs, twelve (12) bushels of soft shellclams, and three (3) bushels of oysters.
(b) A holder of a non-resident shellfishing license may takein any one day not more than one peck each of oysters, quahaugs, soft-shellclams, surf clams, or mussels. Any person taking more than these allowances inany one day shall be fined upon conviction one hundred dollars ($100) for eachbushel or part of a bushel exceeding the prescribed quantity or be imprisonedfor not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both.