The state of Rhode Island has officially set its saltwater fishing regulations for 2014. For more information, visit the the RI DEM site here: http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bnatres/fishwild/mfsizes.htm
| Species | Bag Limit/Minimum Size |
| American Eel | 25 fish/day – 9 inch minimum (no closed season) |
| Black Sea Bass | 13 inch minimum June 29 to Aug 21 – 3 fish/day Sept 1 to Dec 31 – 7 fish/day |
Bluefish |
15 fish/day – No minimum size (no closed season) |
| Cod |
10 fish/day – 22 inch minimum (no closed season) |
| Haddock | No bag limit / 19 inch minimum no bag limit (no closed season) |
| Menhaden (Bunker, Pogies) |
no minimum size 200 per vessel per day no closed season |
| Monkfish | 17 inch minimum (whole fish) 11 inch minimum (tail only) no bag limit / no closed season |
| Pollock | No bag limit / 19 inch minimum (no closed season) |
| River Herring (Alewives, Blueback herring) |
CLOSED Posession prohibited |
| Scup | Shore and Private Boat 30 fish/day – 10 inch minimum May 1 to Dec 31 Special Shore Area Provisions Minimum size of 9 inchsed for anglers fishing from shore only at Forth Wetherill, Jamestown Fort Adams, Newport India Point Park, Providence Stone Bridge, Tiverton East and West Walls, Pt Judith/Narragansett Conimicut park, Warwick Rocky Point, Warwick Party and Charter Boat 10 inch minimum May 1 – Aug 31: 30 fish/person/day Sept 1 – Oct 31: 45 fish/person/day Nov 1 – Dec 31: 30 fish/person/day |
| Striped Bass | 2 fish/day – 28 inch minimum (no closed season) |
| Summer Flounder (Fluke) |
8 fish/day – 18 inch minimum May 1 to Dec 31 |
| Tautog | 16 inch minimum Split Season April 15 to May 31 (3 fish/day) June 1 – July 31 (closed) August 1 to October 17 (3 fish/day) October 18 to December 16 (6 fish/day) In addition there is a 10 fish boat maximum per day |
| Weakfish (squeteague) |
1 fish/day – 16 inch minimum March 1 to Dec 31 |
| Winter Flounder Special Note: All of Narragansett Bay, and in Potter Pond, Point Judith Pond and the Harbor of Refuge is closed. (Secion11.19, RI fish regs) |
2 fish – 12 inch minimum Season: 1 Open year round |
Why is it that there is never an article about how fishing licenses have criminalized fishing?