§ 20-1-3 - Definitions.
SECTION 20-1-3
§ 20-1-3 Definitions. – (a) When used in this title, the following words and phrases shall have thefollowing meanings, unless the context indicates another meaning:
(1) "Bushel" means a standard U.S. bushel, 2,150.4 cubicinches capacity;
(2) "Hinge width" means the distance between the convex apexof the right shell and the convex apex of the left shell;
(3) "Nonresident landowner" means a nonresident citizen ofthe United States and owner of real estate in Rhode Island as evidenced by deedfiled in the Recorder of Deeds office in a Rhode Island town or city hall;
(4) "Peck" means one fourth (1/4) of a bushel;
(5) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership,or other legal entity;
(6) "Possession" means the exercise of dominion or controlover the resource commencing at the time at which a decision is made not toreturn the resource to the immediate vicinity from which it was taken. Thedecision must be made at the first practical opportunity. In the case ofaquaculture crops, "possession" means the exercise of dominion or control overcultured crops commencing at the time which a decision is made not to returnthe crops to the lease or facility from which they were taken. The decisionmust be made at the first practical opportunity, taking into consideration themanagement practices set forth in the approved operational plan;
(7) "Quart" means one thirty-second ( 1/32) of a bushel;
(8) "Resident" means an individual who has had his or heractual place of residence and has lived in the state of Rhode Island for acontinuous period of not less than six (6) months;
(9) "Commercial fishing" means to take, harvest, hold,transport, load or off-load, marine species for sale or for intended sale;
(10) "Land or landing" means to off-load seafood products,including, but not limited to, finfish, shellfish, and crustaceans, for sale orintended sale, or to secure a vessel with the seafood products on board to ashoreside facility where the products may be off-loaded for sale or intendedsale.
(b) When used in this title, the following common names shallmean the animals designated by the following scientific names:
Alewife – Pomolobus or Alosa pseudoharengus
Bay quahaug – Mercenaria mercenaria
Bay scallop – Argopecten irradians
Blue crab – Callinectes sapidus
Blue mussel – Mytilus edulis
Conch/channel whelk – Busycon canaliculatum
Conch/nob whelk – Busycon carica
Deer – Virginia white tail deer, Odocoileous virginianus
Eel – Anguilla rostrata
Green crabs – Carcinus maenas
Jonah/northern crab – Cancer borealis
Lobster – Homarus americanus
Menhaden – Brevoortia tyrannus
Ocean quahaug – Arctica islandica
Oyster – Crassostrea virginica, Ostrea edulis
Rock crab – Cancer irroratus
Sea scallop – Placopecten magellanicus
Smelt – Osmerus mordax
Soft shell clam – Mya arenaria
Striped bass – Morone saxatilis
Surf clam or sea clam – Spisula solidissima.