Fixed
Gear Fishing Areas
Updated 10/2009
Fishing grounds used by RI commercial fixed gear fishermen. Fixed
gear encompasses lobster pots, fish pots, and gill nets.
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Mobile
Gear Fishing Areas
Updated 10/2009
Fishing grounds used by RI commercial mobile gear fishermen. Mobile gear fisheries include trawling and scallop dredging.
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Recreational
Fishing Areas
Updated 10/2009
Fishing grounds used by RI recreational fishermen.
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Historic
Trawling Areas
Historic trawl fishing grounds within Rhode Island's adjacent state
and federal waters. Data are based on maps that were developed in
1972-73.