250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-90-00-1.13

Current through December 26, 2024
Section 250-RICR-90-00-1.13 - Shellfish and Marine Life Management Areas
1.13.1General
A. Shellfish and Marine Life Management Areas are established by the Director pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-17.1-2(38).
B. Where possible, locations are identified by visual landmarks in addition to latitude and longitude coordinates. Please refer to § 1.13.3 of this Part for the latitude and longitude (DDD.DDDDD°) point locations provided for each landmark.
1.13.2Established Shellfish and Marine Life Management Areas
A. Greenwich Bay (GB) Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters of Greenwich Bay and its tributaries located west of a line extending from the flagpole at the Warwick Country Club to Sandy Point, in the town of East Greenwich and city of Warwick.
1. GB Sub-Area 1 (western GB): The marine waters located north of a line extending from the northeastern point of Chepiwanoxet Point to the western concrete stairway on Promenade Street, Old Buttonwoods in the town of East Greenwich and city of Warwick.
2. GB Sub-Area 2 (mid-GB): The marine waters located west of a line extending from Sally Rock Point to the concrete stairway on Promenade Street; and south of a line extending from the northeastern point of Chepiwanoxet Point to the concrete stairway on Promenade Street in the city of Warwick.
3. GB Sub-Area 3 (eastern GB): The marine waters located east of a line extending from Sally Rock Point northward to the concrete stairway on Promenade Street; and west of a line extending from the flagpole at the Warwick Country Club to Sandy Point in the city of Warwick.
B. Conimicut Point Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters located south of a line extending from a flagpole on Conimicut Point to Nayatt Point; and north of a line extending from the seaward end of Samuel Gorton Avenue in the city of Warwick, to the seaward end of Bay Road in the town of Barrington.
C. Potowomut Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters located south of a line extending from the flagpole at the Warwick Country Club to Sandy Point; and north of a line extending from Pojac Point to buoy G1 "Round Rock" to the Warwick Lighthouse, including all the marine waters of the Potowomut River seaward of the Forge Road Spillway, in the town of East Greenwich and city of Warwick.
1. Potowomut Sub-Area 1: The marine waters located west of a line extending from the end of Sandy Point to buoy G1 "Round Rock" to Pojac Point in the town of North Kingstown and city of Warwick.
2. Potowomut Sub-Area 2 (closed area): The marine waters located within a triangular area located north of a line extending from the end of Sandy Point to buoy G1 "Round Rock"; and west of a line extending from the flagpole at the Warwick Country Club to buoy G1 "Round Rock"; and east of a line extending from the flagpole at the Warwick Country Club to Sandy Point in the town of East Greenwich and city of Warwick.
3. Potowomut Sub-Area 3: The marine waters located east of a line extending from the flagpole at the Warwick Country Club to buoy G1 "Round Rock"; and west of a line extending from buoy G1 "Round Rock" to the Warwick Lighthouse in the town of North Kingstown and city of Warwick.
D. High Banks Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters located south of a line extending from Pojac Point to buoy G1 "Round Rock"; and west of a line extending from buoy G1 "Round Rock" to the High Banks Southeast Corner Coordinate; and north of a line extending from the seaward end of Pettee Street to the High Banks Southeast Corner Coordinate, in the town of North Kingstown.
E. Bissel Cove/Fox Island Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters located south of a line extending from the intersection of Waldron and Seaview Avenue to the southwestern-most point of Fox Island; and west of a line extending from the southwestern-most point of Fox Island to Rome point, in the town of North Kingstown.
F. Mill Gut Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters of Mill Gut located south of the Colt Drive bridge, in the town of Bristol.
G. Bristol Harbor Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters of Bristol Harbor located south of a line extending from CRMC permitted dock #419 to the northwest corner of the Rockwell Pier municipal parking lot; and north of a line extending from CRMC Permitted Dock #1601, to the northwest corner of the U.S. Coast Guard station pier; and west of a line extending from utility pole # 20 on Poppasquash Road to the northern tip of Hog Island in the town of Bristol.
H. Kickemuit River Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters of the Kickemuit River located north of the seaward end of Narrows Road in the town of Bristol to Nun Buoy 6 to a point of land on the eastern shore at the mouth of the Kickemuit River in the town of Warren.
I. Jenny Creek Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters of Jenny Pond on Prudence Island located north and inland of the mouth of Jenny Creek in the town of Portsmouth.
J. Sakonnet River Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters of the Sakonnet River located north of a line extending from Sachuest Point in the town of Middletown to Sakonnet Light in the town of Little Compton to Sakonnet Point in the town of Little Compton; and south of a line extending from the Sakonnet River SMA Northwest Corner Coordinate in the town of Portsmouth to Brown Point in the town of Little Compton; and east of a line extending from the Sakonnet River SMA Western Shore Coordinate in the town of Middletown to Flint Point in the town of Middletown.
K. Point Judith Pond Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters of Point Judith Pond located east of Succotash Road in the town of South Kingstown; and north of the mouth of Point Judith Pond in the town of Narragansett.
L. Potter Pond Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters of Potter Pond located west of the bridge at Succotash Road in the town of South Kingstown.
1. Potter Pond Sub-Area 1 (closed area): The marine waters of Sycamore Cove in Potter Pond located north of a line extending from the Sycamore Cove Southwest Corner Coordinate to the Sycamore Cove Southeast Corner Coordinate
M. Ninigret (Charlestown) Pond Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters of Ninigret (Charlestown) Pond located west of the Charlestown Beach Road bridge; and north of the mouth of Ninigret (Charlestown) Pond in the town of Charlestown.
1. Ninigret Pond Sub-Area 1 (closed area): The marine waters of Ninigret Pond located east of a line extending from the Ninigret Conservation Area parking lot to Reeds Point; and west of a line extending from the southwest corner of the Ninigret Landing Marina parking lot to the Ninigret Pond SMA Sub-Area 1 Southeast Corner Coordinate located on East Beach.
2. Ninigret Pond-Foster Cove Sub-Area 1 (closed area): The marine waters of Foster Cove in Ninigret Pond located east of a line extending from the Ninigret Pond-Foster Cove Sub-Area 1 Northwest Corner Coordinate to the Ninigret Pond-Foster Cove Sub-Area 1 Southwest Corner Coordinate; and west of a line extending from the Ninigret Pond-Foster Cove Sub-Area 1 Northeast Corner Coordinate to the Ninigret Pond-Foster Cove Sub-Area 1 Southeast Corner Coordinate; and north of a line extending from the Ninigret Pond-Foster Cove Sub-Area 1 Southwest Corner Coordinate to the Ninigret Pond-Foster Cove Sub-Area 1 Southeast Corner Coordinate.
3. Ninigret Pond-Foster Cove Sub-Area 2 (closed area): The marine waters of Foster Cove in Ninigret Pond within twenty-five (25) meters of the shoreline surrounding the Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge western peninsula west of a line extending from the Ninigret Pond-Foster Cove Sub-Area 2 Corner Coordinate "A" to the Ninigret Pond-Foster Cove Sub-Area 2 Corner Coordinate "B" to the Ninigret Pond-Foster Cove Sub-Area 2 Corner Coordinate "C".
N. Quonochontaug Pond Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters of Quonochontaug Pond located north of the mouth of Quonochontaug Pond in the towns of Charlestown and Westerly.
1. Quonochontaug Pond Sub-Area 1 (closed area): The marine waters of Quonochontaug Pond located south of a line extending from Quahaug Point to the northwestern point of Nope's Island; and east of a line extending from Quahaug Point to the Quonochontaug Pond SMA Sub-Area 1 Southeast Corner Coordinate; and west of the Nope's Island peninsula.
2. Quonochontaug Pond Sub-Area 2 (closed area): The marine waters of Quonochontaug Pond located east of a line extending from the QYC stone pier to the Quonochontaug Pond SMA Sub-Area 2 Southwest Corner Coordinate, in the town of Charlestown.
O. Winnapaug Pond Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters of Winnapaug Pond located north of its mouth at the seaward end of the Weekapaug Breachway in the town of Westerly.
1. Winnapaug Pond Sub-Area 1 (closed area): The marine waters of Winnipaug Pond located north of a line extending from Big Rock Point to the southern end of Larkin's Island; and west of a line extending from the southern end of Larkin's Island to the Winnapaug Pond SMA Sub-Area 1 Northeast Corner Coordinate.
P. Green Hill Pond Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters of Green Hill Pond located east of the Charlestown Beach Road bridge, in the towns of Charlestown and South Kingstown.
Q. Pettaquamscutt (Narrow) River Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters of the Narrow River located north and inland of its mouth in the towns of Narragansett, North Kingstown and South Kingstown.
R. Little Narragansett Bay and Pawcatuck River Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters of Little Narragansett Bay and Pawcatuck River within the State of Rhode Island located northeast and inland of a line extending from the southern end of Sandy Point Island to a point of land on the northern shore of Napatree Point and south of the Route 1/Broad Street Bridge in the town of Westerly.
S. Providence and Seekonk Rivers Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters of the Providence and Seekonk Rivers located north of a line extending from the flagpole on Conimicut Point in the city of Warwick to Nayatt Point in the town of Barrington; and seaward of the Hurricane barrier in the city of Providence; and seaward of the Main Street Dam in the in the city of Pawtucket.
T. Warren River Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters of the Warren River located north of a line extending from Adams Point in town of Barrington to the Warren River SMA Southeast Corner Coordinate in the town of Warren; and south of Main Street/Route 114 at its intersection with the Barrington River in the town of Barrington; and south of Main Street/Route 114 at its intersection with the Palmer River in towns of Bristol and Warren.
U. Town Pond Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters of Founders Brook and Town Pond located south and inland of its mouth at Mount Hope Bay in the town of Portsmouth.
V. Jacobs Point Shellfish Management Area: The marine waters of the Warren River located south of a line extending from the Warren River SMA Southeast Corner Coordinate to nun buoy 12 in the town of Warren; and east of a line extending from nun buoy 12 to the Jacobs Point SMA Southeast Corner Coordinate in the town of Bristol.
W. Upper Sakonnet River Marine Life Management Area: The marine waters of the upper Sakonnet River located north of a line extending from McCorrie Point in the town of Portsmouth to the southwestern point of Jack's Island in the town of Tiverton, and south of the Sakonnet River Bridge (Rt. 24).
X. Upper Narragansett Bay Marine Life Management Area: The marine waters located north of a line extending from Spink Neck in the town of North Kingstown to Pine Hill Point on Prudence Island; and north of a line extending from Homestead Dock on the easterly shore of Prudence Island to the Hog Island Shoal Light in the town of Bristol; and south of a line extending from Sandy Point to Warwick Point in the city of Warwick; and south of a line extending from the dock at Rocky Point in the city of Warwick to Poppasquash Point to Hog Island Shoal Light in the town of Bristol.
Y. Menhaden Management Area: The marine water of Narragansett Bay located north of a line extending from Bonnet Point in the town of Narragansett to Beavertail Point in the town of Narragansett to Castle Hill Light in the city of Newport; and north of a line extending from Land's End in the city of Newport to Sachuest Point in the town of Middletown to Sakonnet Light in the town of Little Compton.
1.13.3Landmark locations (Shellfish/Marine Life Management Areas and other landmarks identified throughout regulations Chapter 90 "Marine Fisheries")

Name of Landmark (control click on landmark for link to google maps)

City/town

Management Area

Latitude

Longitude

Adams Point

Barrington

Warren River Shellfish Management Area

41.716089

-71.293291

Beavertail Point

Jamestown

Menhaden Management Area

41.448648

-71.399678

Betty Hull Point

Narragansett

N/A (Part 6 - commercial net prohibition)

41.417414

-71.500254

Big Rock Point

Westerly

Winnipaug Pond

Shellfish Management Area

41.330229

-71.799555

Bonnet Point

Narragansett

Menhaden Management Area

41.469572

-71.420773

Bristol Harbor SMA Northeast Corner Coordinate

Bristol

Bristol Harbor Shellfish Management Area

41.669666

-71.283207

Bristol Harbor SMA Southeast Corner Coordinate

Bristol

Bristol Harbor Shellfish Management Area

41.665503

-71.282569

Brown Point

Little Compton

Sakonnet River Shellfish Management Area

41.519896

-71.204959

Buoy G1 "Round Rock"

North Kingstown

Potowomut/High Banks Shellfish Management Area

41.656736

-71.390567

Buoy N6

North Kingstown

High Banks SMA

41.637323

-71.369265

Carrier Pier

North Kingstown

N/A (Part 6 - otter trawl prohibition)

41.586068

-71.407769

Carr's Point

Portsmouth

N/A (Part 6 - otter trawl prohibition)

41.571210

-71.294382

Castle Hill Light

Newport

N/A (Part 6 - gill net prohibition)

41.462155

-71.362974

Charlestown Beach Road Bridge

Charlestown

Greenhill Pond Shellfish Management Area; Ninigret Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.364173

-71.625958

Church Point

Little

Compton

N/A (Part 4 - surf clam/ocean quahaug dredge prohibition)

41.499420

-71.206012

Conanicut Point

Jamestown

N/A (Part 6 - otter trawl prohibition)

41.573629

-71.371660

Colt Drive Bridge

Bristol

Mill Gut Shellfish Management Area

41.681840

-71.299113

Concrete Stairway

Warwick

Greenwich Bay Shellfish Management Area

41.684468

-71.417575

CRMC Permitted Dock #419

Bristol

Bristol Harbor Shellfish Management Area

41.669558

-71.288764

CRMC Permitted Dock #1601

Bristol

Bristol harbor Shellfish Management Area

41.664246

-71.290396

Dock at Rocky Point

Warwick

Upper Narragansett Bay MLMA

41.688579

-71.36442

Eastern Shore of the Foster Cove Channel

Charlestown

N/A (Part 6 - otter trawl prohibition)

41.358865

-71.676638

Flagpole at the Warwick Country Club

Warwick

Greenwich Bay/Potowomut Shellfish Management Area

41.672412

-71.389382

Flagpole on Conimicut Point

Warwick

Conimicut/Providence and Seekonk Rivers Shellfish Management Area

41.717493

-71.357820

Flint Point

Middletown

Sakonnet River Shellfish Management Area; Part 4 - surf clam/ocean quahaug dredge prohibition

41.486523

-71.237974

Fogland Point

Tiverton

Menhaden Management Area

41.559021

-71.220815

Foster Cove Channel Southwest Corner Coordinate

Charlestown

N/A (Part 6 - fixed gear prohibition)

41.358885

-71.676872

Foster Cove Channel Southeast Corner Coordinate

Charlestown

N/A (Part 6 - fixed gear prohibition)

41.358808

-71.676602

Foster Cove Channel Northwest Corner Coordinate

Charlestown

N/A (Part 6 - fixed gear prohibition)

41.360379

-71.676221

Foster Cove Channel Northeast Corner Coordinate

Charlestown

N/A (Part 6 - fixed gear prohibition)

41.360162

-71.674821

Grassy Point

Charlestown

N/A (Part 6 - fixed gear prohibition)

41.360107

-71.654298

High Banks SMA Southeast Corner Coordinate

North Kingstown

High Banks Shellfish Management Area

41.635211

-71.396539

High Point

South Kingstown

N/A (Part 6 - commercial net prohibition)

41.390058

-71.514781

Hog Island Shoal Light

Bristol

Upper Narragansett Bay Marine Life Management Area

41.632327

-71.273253

Homestead Dock Prudence Island

Portsmouth

Upper Narragansett Bay Marine Life Management Area

41.626185

-71.308761

Horseshoe Point Arnold's Shore

Charlestown

N/A (Part 6 - otter trawl prohibition)

41.367168

-71.648903

Hurricane Barrier

Providence

Providence River Shellfish Management Area

41.815785

-71.401958

Jacobs Point SMA Southeast Corner Coordinate

Warren

Jacobs Point Shellfish Management Area

41.710253

-71.291327

Juncture of Second Beach and Sachuest Point

Middletown

N/A (Part 6 - gill net prohibition)

41.480917

-71.245584

Land's End

Newport

Menhaden Management Area

41.451166

-71.311662

Main Street Dam

Pawtucket

Providence River Shellfish Management Area

41.876594

-71.383100

Main Street/Route 114 Bridge at its Intersection with the Barrington River

Barrington

Warren River Shellfish Management Area

41.736701

-71.295451

Main Street/Route 114 Bridge at its Intersection with the Palmer River

Barrington

Warren River Shellfish Management Area

41.737396

-71.289081

Marsh Point

Charlestown

N/A (Part 6 - otter trawl prohibition)

41.368785

-71.644578

Marsh Neck Point

Charlestown

N/A (Part 6 - otter trawl prohibition)

41.364201

-71.642411

Matunuck Point

South Kingstown

N/A (Part 6 - gill net prohibition)

41.373337

-71.537237

McCorrie Point

Portsmouth

Upper Sakonnet River Marine Life Management Area

41.576694

-

71.234611

Monahan's Dock (State Pier #5)

Narragansett

N/A (Part 6 - gill net prohibition)

41.422466

-71.454393

Mouth of Captain's Brook

South Kingstown

N/A (Part 6 - commercial net prohibition)

41.393511

-71.539928

Mouth of Ninigret Pond

Charlestown

Ninigret Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.354865

-71.638536

Mouth of Jenny Creek

Portsmouth

Jenny Creek Shellfish Management Area

41.629838

-71.333696

Mouth of the Pettaquamscutt (Narrow) River

Narragansett

Pettaquamscutt (Narrow) River Shellfish Management Area; Part 6 - Commercial Netting Prohibition

41.442019

-71.440679

Mouth of the Point Judith Pond

Narragansett

Point Judith Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.375149

-71.513755

Mouth of Quonochontaug Pond

Charlestown

Quonochontaug Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.330878

-71.718764

Mouth of Town Pond

Portsmouth

Town Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.638944

-71.245269

Mouth of Winnipaug Pond at the seaward end of the Weekapaug Breachway

Westerly

Winnipaug Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.327627

-71.762913

Napatree Point

Westerly

Little Narragansett Bay and Pawcatuck River Shellfish Management Area

41.307135

-71.886596

Nayatt Point

Barrington

Conimicut Point Shellfish Management Area; Providence and Seekonk Rivers Shellfish Management Area

41.725121

-71.338957

Ninigret Conservation Area Parking Lot

Charlestown

Ninigret (Charlestown) Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.344726

-71.690149

Ninigret Pond Narrows Northwest Corner Coordinate

Charlestown

N/A (Part 6 - fixed gear prohibition)

41.355466

-71.664404

Ninigret Pond Narrows Southeast Corner Coordinate

Charlestown

N/A (Part 6 - fixed gear prohibition)

41.354362

-71.664386

Ninigret Pond Narrows Southwest Corner Coordinate

Charlestown

N/A (Part 6 - fixed gear prohibition)

41.359455

-71.653072

Ninigret Pond SMA Sub-Area 1 Southeast Corner Coordinate located on East Beach

Charlestown

Ninigret (Charlestown) Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.346815

-71.683958

Ninigret Pond-Foster Cove Sub-Area 1 Northeast Corner Coordinate

Charlestown

Ninigret (Charlestown) Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.366086

-71.675128

Ninigret Pond-Foster Cove Sub-Area 1 Northwest Corner Coordinate

Charlestown

Ninigret (Charlestown) Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.366362

-71.676036

Ninigret Pond-Foster Cove Sub-Area 1 Southeast Corner Coordinate

Charlestown

Ninigret (Charlestown) Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.365690

-71.675310

Ninigret Pond-Foster Cove Sub-Area 1 Southwest Corner Coordinate

Charlestown

Ninigret (Charlestown) Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.365970

-71.676220

Ninigret Pond-Foster Cove Sub-Area 2 Corner Coordinate "A"

Charlestown

Ninigret (Charlestown) Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.363705

-71.673512

Ninigret Pond-Foster Cove Sub-area 2 Corner Coordinate "B"

Charlestown

Ninigret (Charlestown) Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.364515

-71.675236

Ninigret Pond-Foster Cove Sub-area 2 Corner Coordinate "C"

Charlestown

Ninigret (Charlestown) Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.364330

-71.673220

North Abutment of Mt. Hope Bridge

Bristol

N/A (Part 6 - trawl device prohibition)

41.642695

-71.259838

Northeastern Point Chepiwanoxet Point

Warwick

Greenwich Bay Shellfish Management Area

41.674585

-71.441152

Northern Tip of Hog Island

Bristol

Bristol Harbor Shellfish Management Area

41.647959

-71.279880

Narrows Northwest Corner Coordinate (Pt. Judith Pond)

South Kingstown

N/A (Part 6 - commercial net prohibition)

41.418712

-71.500254

Northwest corner of the Rockwell Pier municipal parking lot

Bristol

Bristol Harbor Shellfish Management Area

41.669742

-71.27925

Northwest corner of the U.S. Coast Guard station pier

Bristol

Bristol Harbor Shellfish Management Area

41.666268

-71.278351

Northwestern Point of Nope's Island

Charlestown

Quonochontaug Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.334528

-71.733593

Nun Buoy 12

Warren

Jacobs Point Shellfish Management Area

41.713780

-71.291593

One hundred (100) feet seaward of the mouth of Gilbert Stuart Brook

North Kingstown

N/A (Part 6 - commercial net prohibition)

41.517067

-71.447064

Pawcatuck Rock

Westerly

N/A (Part 6 - commercial net prohibition)

41.346051

-71.829731

Pine Hill Point (Prudence Island)

Portsmouth

Upper Narragansett Bay Marine Life Management Area

41.631608

-71.347385

Point of Land on the Quonochontaug Pond Barrier Beach Located in a Southerly Direction from Quahaug Point

Charlestown

N/A (Part 6 - otter trawl prohibition)

41.330564

-71.744459

Point of Land on the Northern Shore of Napatree Point

Westerly

Little Narragansett Bay and Pawcatuck River Shellfish Management Area

41.310300

-71.877500

Point on East Beach in a Southerly Direction from the Foster Cove Inlet

Charlestown

N/A (Part 6 - otter trawl prohibition)

41.348614

-71.676607

Point of land on the Eastern Shore at the Mouth of the Kickemuit River

Warren

Kickemuit River Shellfish Management Area

41.699115

-71.243342

Pojac Point

North Kingstown

Potowomut/High Banks Shellfish Management Area

41.650506

-71.408400

Point of land on the Quonochontaug Pond barrier beach located in a southerly direction from Quahaug Point

Charlestown

N/A (Part 6 - otter trawl prohibition)

41.330564

-71.744459

Poppasquash Point

Bristol

Upper Narragansett Bay Marine Life Management Area; Part 6 - trawl device prohibition

41.649445

-71.300064

Price's Neck

Newport

N/A (Part 6 - gill net prohibition)

41.449516

-71.338109

Quahaug Point

Charlestown

Quonochontaug Pond Shellfish Management Area; Part 6 - otter trawl prohibition

41.333330

-71.744365

Quonochontaug Pond SMA Sub-Area 1 Southeast Corner Coordinate

Charlestown

Quonochontaug Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.330564

-71.744459

Quonochontaug Pond SMA Sub-Area 2 Southwest Corner Coordinate

Charlestown

Quonochontaug Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.344710

-71.712336

QYC stone pier

Charlestown

Quonochontaug Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.350312

-71.709292

Reeds Point

Charlestown

Ninigret (Charlestown) Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.352794

-71.694621

Rocky Point

Warwick

Menhaden Management Area

41.691837

-71.363075

Rome point

North Kingstown

Bissel Cove/Fox Island Shellfish Management Area

41.548853

-71.423836

Route 1/Broad Street Bridge

Westerly

Little Narragansett Bay and Pawcatuck River Shellfish Management Area

41.377688

-71.831481

Sachuest Point

Middletown

Menhaden Management Area/Part 6 - gill net prohibition

41.472362

-71.247257

Sakonnet Light

Little Compton

Menhaden Management Area/ Sakonnet River Shellfish Management Area

41.453130

-71.202434

Sakonnet Point

Little Compton

Sakonnet River Shellfish Management Area

41.454587

-71.195124

Sakonnet River Bridge (Rt. 24)

Portsmouth/Tiverton

Upper Sakonnet River Marine Life Management Area/Part 6 - otter trawl prohibition

41.638128

-71.213601

Sakonnet River SMA Northwest Corner Coordinate

Portsmouth

Sakonnet River Shellfish Management Area

41.519498

-71.230893

Sakonnet River SMA Western Shore Coordinate

Middletown

Sakonnet River Shellfish Management Area

41.504347

-71.239782

Sally Rock Point

Warwick

Greenwich Bay (GB) Shellfish Management Area

41.671413

-71.425511

Sandy Point

Warwick

Greenwich Bay Shellfish Management Area; Potowomut Shellfish Management Area

41.662997

71.408568

Sandy Point Beach

Portsmouth

Menhaden Management Area

41.552907

-71.233762

Sandy Point Island Rhode Island/Connecticut border

Westerly

Little Narragansett Bay and Pawcatuck River Shellfish Management Area

41.329406

-71.892302

Seaward End of Bay Road

Barrington

Conimicut Point Shellfish Management Area

41.722546

-71.309105

Seaward End of Narrows Road

Bristol

Kickemuit River Shellfish Management Area

41.696927

-71.246322

Seaward End of Pettee Street

North Kingstown

High Banks Shellfish Management Area

41.634401

-71.407115

Seaward End of Samuel Gorton Avenue

Warwick

Conimicut Point Shellfish Management Area

41.703781

-71.365120

Short Point

South Kingstown

N/A (Part 6 - commercial net prohibition)

41.418712

-71.500135

Southern End of Larkin's Island

Westerly

Winnapaug Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.331958

-71.784941

Southern End of Sandy Point Island

Westerly

Little Narragansett Bay and Pawcatuck River Shellfish Management Area

41.321703

-71.878691

Southern Tip of Prudence Island

Portsmouth

N/A (Part 6 - otter trawl prohibition)

41.578707

-71.325772

Southwestern-Most Point of Fox Island

North Kingstown

Bissel Cove/Fox Island Shellfish Management Area

41.553236

-71.419937

Southwest Corner Ninigret Landing Marina parking lot

Charlestown

Ninigret (Charlestown) Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.358561

-71.689409

Southwestern Point of Jacks Island

Portsmouth

Upper Sakonnet River Marine Life Management Area

41.593224

-71.209866

Spink Neck

North Kingstown

Upper Narragansett Bay Marine Life Management Area

41.620968

-71.407871

Sprague Bridge (south side)

Narragansett

N/A (Part 6 - commercial net prohibition)

41.449093

-71.449549

Strawberry Hill Point

Narragansett

N/A (Part 6 - comm. net prohibition)

41.390894

-71.509603

Succotash Road Bridge

South Kingstown

Point Judith Pond Shellfish Management Area; Potter Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.386004

-71.526019

Sycamore Cove Southeast Corner Coordinate

South Kingstown

Potter Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.383661

-71.533286

Sycamore Cove Southwest Corner Coordinate

South Kingstown

Potter Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.383435

-71.537009

Thompson Point

Westerly

N/A (Part 6 - commercial net prohibition)

41.346129

-71.829238

Utility Pole #20 on Poppasquash Road

Bristol

Bristol Harbor Shellfish Management Area

41.682529

-71.285175

Waldron and Seaview Avenue intersection

North Kingstown

Bissel Cove/Fox Island Shellfish Management Area

41.553567

-71.429705

Warren River SMA Southeast Corner Coordinate

Warren

Warren River/Jacobs Point Shellfish Management Area

41.714306

-71.286673

Warwick Lighthouse

Warwick

Potowomut Shellfish Management Area

41.667124

-71.378385

Warwick Point

Warwick

Upper Narragansett Bay Marine Life Management Area

41.666588

-71.378804

Northwestern End of Sandy Point Island

Connecticut

N/A (Part 3 - Winter flounder prohibition)

41.332337

-71.897469

Winnipaug Pond SMA Sub-Area 1 Northeast Corner Coordinate

Westerly

Winnipaug Pond Shellfish Management Area

41.332611

-71.786066

250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-90-00-1.13

Adopted effective 8/20/2020
Amended effective 3/10/2021
Amended effective 4/30/2023
Amended effective 1/8/2024
Amended effective 7/20/2024
Amended effective 11/18/2024