{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-20-6-10","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-6-10","heading":"Allowance of shellfish taking under license.","body":"(a) Unless otherwise specified by regulation, a holder of a commercial shellfishing license may take and/or possess, in any one day, up to twelve (12) bushels of quahaugs, twelve (12) bushels of soft-shell clams, and three (3) bushels of oysters.\n(b) A holder of a nonresident shellfishing license may take in any one day not more than one peck each of oysters, quahaugs, soft-shell clams, surf clams, or mussels. Any person taking more than these allowances in any one day shall be fined upon conviction one hundred dollars ($100) for each bushel or part of a bushel exceeding the prescribed quantity or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both.","path":["Title 20 Fish and Wildlife","Chapter 6 Shellfish"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE20/20-6/20-6-10.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:19Z","sha256":"5b881db13f5adbcf25eb43360b02e08c3239cef1a0d400b2c80af81bbbc7f779","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-20-6-9","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-20-6-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}