13-05-2014, 03:15 PM
Directly from RI law 20-2.1-3: "(7) "Finfish" means cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates with fins, including fish, sharks, rays, skates, and eels and also includes, for the purposes of this chapter, squid." Now, this is the chapter on commercial fishing. The recreational fishing section defines finfish as finfish excluding shellfish and crustaceans. As has been said before, you could fight it, but it's not worth the cost.