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February 26, 2008

Will new fishing laws affect you? Find out tonight

The Department of Environmental Management is holding a public hearing this evening to answer questions and get input from those who may be affected by proposed changes to fishing laws.

The changes to state’s marine fisheries regulations would affect monkfish, menhaden, striped bass, and scup for both commercial and recreational fishermen.

People can attend the hearing at the University of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Campus Corless Auditorium at 6 p.m. today.

The Department is also accepting written comments, but they must be submitted by noon today, to DEM’s Division of Fish and Wildlife, 3 Fort Wetherill Road, Jamestown, R.I., 02835.

The proposals would affect the commercial tautog quota management plan; the recreational tautog management plan; the commercial scup quota management plan; the commercial striped bass quota management plan; the R.I. menhaden regulations; and the R.I. monkfish regulations.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 8:09 AM | Permalink

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