Rhode
Island
Marine Fisheries License Fees
In accordance with RIGL 20-2-1.1, As Amended Relating to Licensing - Commercial Fishing, there is a moratorium on the acquisition of NEW commercial licenses effective July 11, 2000. All existing licenses (renewals) must be renewed by 4 PM August 15, 2000.
A "resident" is defined as "an individual who has had his or her actual place of residence and has lived in the State of Rhode Island for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months." RIGL 20-1-3.
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Resident |
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Commercial |
Multi-purpose |
$300 |
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Multi-purpose with gillnet |
$320 |
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Lobster |
Commercial |
$200 |
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Recreational Pot (5-pot limit) |
$40 |
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Recreational Diving (8/day limit) |
$40 |
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Commercial Vessel/Operator |
Up to 50' |
$200 |
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50' to 99' |
$250 |
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99' or more per linear foot |
$20/ft. |
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Scallop |
Commercial |
$200 |
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Commercial Shellfish |
Age 19 or younger |
$50 |
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Student age 23 or younger |
$50 |
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Age 23 through 64 |
$200 |
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Age 65 and older (license required) |
$0 |
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Dredging for shellfish |
$200 |
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Conch/Eel/Misc. Pot |
$200 |
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Commercial Finfish |
Rod and Reel |
$200 |
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Diving |
$200 |
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Other (Nets no boat) |
$200 |
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Gillnet |
$200 |
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Floating Fish Trap |
$200 |
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Plus per-site fee |
$20 |
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Non-resident |
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Finfish (commercial) |
Rod and Reel |
$200 |
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Diving |
$200 |
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Other (Nets no boat) |
$200 |
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Trawling per linear foot |
$10 |
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Shellfish (recreational) |
Season |
$200 |
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Tourist (14-day) |
$11 |
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Property owner (season) |
$25 |
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Landing (commercial) |
Non-Res Lobster Landing |
$200 |
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Non-Res Finfish Landing |
$200 |
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Non-Res Shellfish Landing |
$200 |
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Non-Res Multi-purpose Landing |
$300 |
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Dealer |
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Lobster Dealer |
$200 |
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Finfish Dealer |
$200 |
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Shellfish Dealer |
$200 |
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Multi-purpose Dealer |
$300 |
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US COASTAL STATES MARINE FISHERIES LICENSING STRUCTURES
The following is a DRAFT summary of coastal states marine licensing requirements. Fee structures/limited access/moratoriums and reporting requirements are constantly changing; therefore this table may not contain the most current requirements in some states.
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RESIDENT FEE |
NON-RESIDENT FEE` |
LIMITED ENTRY |
TRANSFERS ALLOWED |
OTHER REQUIREMENTS |
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ME |
$33 $89 Crew |
$334 |
Lobsters Urchins |
Apprentice program for Lobsters & Crabs |
Monthly/Yearly Reports |
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NH |
$51 |
$301 |
Monthly shrimp reports |
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MA |
Commercial: Coastal Lobster-$260 Offshore Lobster/99’+-$260 Boat(60-90’)-$195 Boat(0-59’)-$130 Individual-$65 Seas.Lob-$65 SF/R&R-$55 Sfish-$40 R&R-$35 Coastal Lob Transfer fee-$50 Dealer: Wholesale Dealer-$130 Wholesale Broker-$130 Wholesale Trucker-$130 Retail Store-$65 Retail Truck-$$65 Retail Boat-$65 Bait Dealer-$65 Special Permits: N/com Lob-$40 Contaminated Shellfish: Master-$130 Subordinate-$40 Reg Fishery-$30 Striped Bass-$30
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All Non-resident fees are DOUBLE the resident fee |
Lobsters, surf clam, ocean quahog, fluke & gillnetting |
Coastal Access Permits and Coastal Lobster Permits, Restrictions apply |
Annual reports required for renewal; Length restrictions for coastal waters: 90’ vessel registered length or 72’ LOA for draggers and scallopers; purse seine exempt; No night fishing with mobile gear |
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CT |
$150 |
$225 |
Lobster & Finfish |
Monthly reports required/ weekly dealer reports |
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NY |
Fish- $250 Land-$500 Lobster-$150 |
Fish-$1250 Land-$500 Lobster-$225 Lob Land-$300 |
Finfish Lobster Crab Menhaden purse seine for LI sound |
Yes, except Lobster & blue crab |
Annual renewal window, Monthly reports, $15K or 50% income from fishing for LE fisheries; no new licenses unless resident/non-resident retires license |
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NJ |
Gillnets-$3-$60/net Lobster-$100 Crab-$100 Dragger-$100 Menhaden Purse Seine-$20-$1500, based upon Gross Tonnage |
Non-resident fee is the same as resident if a resident of NJ is not charged a higher fee than a resident for the same license in the applicant’s state. Otherwise, the non-resident fee is ten times the resident fee. Crab-$500 |
Crab Menhaden Fluke Tautog Horseshoe crab Black sea bass |
Annual renewal window Monthly reports required 90’ maximum size for menhaden purse seine |
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RESIDENT FEE |
NON-RESIDENT FEE |
LIMITED ENTRY |
TRANSFERS ALLOWED |
OTHER |
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DE |
Fish-$150 |
Fish-$1500 All other non-resident license fees are ten times the amount of resident fees |
Gillnet Hook & Line Crabpot Conchpot Horseshoe Crab |
Gillnet to spouse or child; hook & line if reporting requirements met; lottery for horseshoe crab |
Annual window for renewal; monthly reports |
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MD |
Fish-$150 |
Fish-$350 or what other state charges residents plus license fee |
All species under quota |
Waiting list/Apprenticeship program prior to fishing within state waters |
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VA |
$150 |
$150***check |
No |
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NC |
Fish-$200 |
Fish-$200 plus the cost charged to NC fishermen by the non-resident’s state, not to exceed $800 Landing-$200 or the cost charged to NC fisherman by the non-resident’s state |
Monthly trip tickets |
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SC |
$25 $1 for each crab trap over 50 |
$300 $10 for each crab trap over 50 |
Trawl Crab trap |
Monthly/daily reports |
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GA |
$12 |
$118 |
Cast Net Crabbing |
Annual window for renewal; daily catch records |
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FL |
$50 |
$200 |
Stone Crab; Brevard Co. hard clam fishery until participants <500 |
No |
Annual renewal required; monthly reports; minimum income (5K/25%) requirements for commercial fishing |
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STATE |
RESIDENT FEE |
NON-RESIDENT FEE |
LIMITED ENTRY |
TRANSFERS ALLOWED |
OTHER |
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AL |
$101 |
$201 |
Nets & Seines |
Conditional |
Annual window for renewal; monthly reports; minimum income (>50%) from fishing; upgrade restrictions |
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MS |
$100 |
Same as MS resident would pay in licensee state |
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LA |
$55 |
$460 |
Mullet;Spotted sea trout; crab trap |
No |
Annual window for renewal;monthly reports;minimum income (>50%) from fishing |
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TX |
$20 |
$150 |
Shrimp Crab |
Restrictions apply, State buyback program for shrimp licenses |
Annual window for renewal; monthly reports |
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CA |
Fish-$90 |
Fish-$150 |
Lobster Sea Urchin Salmon |
No for most; Transfers allowed on salmon permits with same fishing power |
Annual window for renewal; monthly reports & logbooks; minimum trips/poundage on sea urchins |
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OR |
$50 |
$100 |
Salmon Shrimp Sea Urchin |
Restrictions apply |
Annual window for renewal; monthly reports, minimum poundage required on shrimp and sea urchin |
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WA |
Salmon, Herring spawn;whiting, pink shrimp, sea cuke/sea urchin, Dungeness crab |
Yes on all permits, herring auctioned off |
Daily fish tickets and monthly reports |
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AK |
$15-$250 |
$45-$750 |
Limited entry on most all species |
Annual reporting and fish tickets |
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HI |
$25 |
$50 |
Monthly reports |