Newport Ri 2013 Squid Season

[ejburbank]

I just received the following email from RIDEM regarding the requirement to have a license to fish for squid:



Hi Mr. Burbank,



My name is Kevin Smith and I am a Principal Biologist with the Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife. Ray Macera, up at Licensing, forwarded me your email and asked that I respond to you. To answer your question: Yes, a recreational license is required to recreationally fish for squid. In 2012, the regulations were amended to include squid in the recreational license requirements. Here is a link to the regulations, and if you scroll down to Rule 9, section 9.1, you will see that squid is included: [url="http://www.dem.ri.gov/pubs/regs/regs/fishwild/licensing.pdf"]http://www.dem.ri.gov/pubs/regs/regs/fis...ensing.pdf[/url]



Please feel free to contact me if you have any other questions or concerns.



Thank you,



Kevin



Kevin Smith

Principal Marine Biologist

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

Division of Fish and Wildlife - Marine Fisheries Section

3 Fort Wetherill Rd.

Jamestown, RI 02835

Phone: (401) 423-1941

Fax: (401) 423-1925