250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-90-00-20.4
"AMS" means the Agricultural Marketing Service in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
"ASMFC" means the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.
"At-sea processor" means a vessel or other platform that floats and can be moved from one (1) location to another, whether in State waters or water of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), receiving fish and operating as a processor.
"CAA" means the Federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. Law 116260 (H.R. 133).
"Dealer" means an entity that first receives fish by way of purchase and sells directly to restaurants, markets, other dealers, processors, or consumers without substantially altering the product.
"Department" means the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.
"Processor" means the owner, operator, dealer, or agent responsible for any activity that changes the physical condition of a fisheries resource suitable for human consumption, retail sale, industrial uses, or long-term storage, including cooking, canning, smoking, salting, drying, shucking, filleting, freezing, or rendering into meal or oil. Any owner, operator, dealer, or agent exclusively gutting, gilling, heading, or icing seafood without performing any of the above activities is not considered a processor.
"RFA" means the Request for Applications issued by the Agricultural Marketing Service in the USDA on September 23, 2021 pursuant to §751 of the CAA.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
"SPRS" means the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety block grant program under the Agricultural Marketing Service in the USDA.
"USDA" means the U.S. Department Agriculture.
250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-90-00-20.4
Amended effective 4/13/2022