here are the main players including Fisheries Council members and some to contact as these folks will ultimately be deciding the issue for RI and are the folks to focus your efforts on...you can quickly access most of their emails linked through RISSA
http://www.risaa.org/links.html ...
Janet Coit
Director
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
235 Promenade Street
Providence, RI 02908
Office Number: 401/222-2771
E-mail:
janet.coit@dem.ri.gov
Robert Ballou CHAIRMAN - Div. of Fish & Wildlife
RI Dept. of Environmental Management
235 Promenade Street
401- 222-4700 x4420
Providence, RI 02908
robert.ballou@DEM.RI.GOV
Fisheries Council
Richard Hittinger VICE CHAIRMAN (recreational)
rhittinger@allianceenvironmentalgroup.com
hittinger@risaa.org
401-739-1875
Kenneth Booth (commercial - rod & reel)
kenbbooth@yahoo.com
401-793-0454
William Mackintosh, III (commercial - gillnetter)
fvthistle@verizon.net
401-477-0603
Christopher Rein(science - marine environmental)
401-525-4969
Michael Rise, Ph.D. (science - marine environmental)
401-874-2943
David Monti (recreational)
401-480-3444
dmonti@rdwgroup.com
Jeffrey Grant (commercial - shellfish)
401-243-5123
Peter Duhamel, Division of Fish and Wildlife Marine Fisheries office, 3 Fort Wetherill Road, Jamestown, RI 02835 peter.duhamel@dem.ri.gov