{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-20-11-6","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-11-6","heading":"Stocking of streams and ponds.","body":"No person shall stock any freshwater stream or pond within this state with any species of fish, or place or liberate any fish in any freshwater stream or pond within this state, without having first obtained a permit from the department of environmental management. No person shall place, operate, or superintend any device intended for the purpose of taking or catching fish in any private pond, brook, stream, or reserve, or any other place made, constructed, or used for the purpose of breeding or growing fish, without the consent of the proprietor or lessee.","path":["Title 20 Fish and Wildlife","Chapter 11 Freshwater Fishing"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE20/20-11/20-11-6.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:20Z","sha256":"55a1affeab1b8fc1e8cd9e05895b8f6bfc08fb3a9bf6f0f52eaa5f4862b60500","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-20-11-5","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-20-11-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}