46 chapters · 361 sections in this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-12-1. Cultivation of inland fish
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The department of environmental management shall be empowered to introduce, protect, and cultivate fish in the inland waters of the state, and to construct, maintain, and operate fish cultivation and breeding facilities and undertake fish cultivation projects within the state as …
R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-12-2. Acquisition of land for fish cultivation
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For the purpose of protecting and propagating fish and providing fishing preserves, the director of environmental management may, in the name and for the use of the state, and subject to approval of the state properties committee, acquire, by gift, lease, or purchase, land, fresh…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-12-3. Freshwater hatcheries
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The department of environmental management shall establish and maintain freshwater hatcheries in this state for the purpose of providing freshwater and anadromous game fish to be used by the department in the stocking of the ponds and streams of the state. All of the output of th…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-12-4. Fishways
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For the purpose of providing for the passage of anadromous fish species to their traditional spawning grounds in freshwater, the department of environmental management is authorized and directed to construct fishways around or through existing dams in the rivers and streams of th…