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Hi all:
Here's the '01 RI regs regarding herring and alewives and the net requirements. I think they're pretty much the same this year. A 4' x 8' seine looks like a good idea as long as it doesn't stretch more than half-way across the stream (at least that's the way I read it). The dip nets have to be 30 inches in diameter or less:
ANADROMOUS FISHERIES REGULATIONS
2.1 No person shall take more than twenty-four (24) alewives Alosa pseudoharengus or blueback herring Alosa aestivalis either singularly or in aggregate from the freshwater streams or rivers of the state in any 24-hour period. No person shall take any alewives or blueback herring from the fresh waters of the state without a valid freshwater fishing license. No person shall take any alewives or blueback herring from the fresh waters of the state on any Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday of any week.
2.2 No person shall take any alewives or blueback herring by any means other than by a hand-held and hand-operated dip net with a diameter no greater than two and one-half feet (2 1/2') or by a seine not greater than four feet (4') deep by eight feet (8') long.
2.3 No person shall erect any artificial obstruction to fish passage in any stream or in any way alter the natural stream bottom to hinder the passage of fish.
2.4 No person shall place a seine or netting more than half way across any stream or mouth or outflow of any stream.
2.5 Any person taking an alewife or blueback herring must remove it from the pond or stream and keep it in his or her possession.
2.6 No person shall take any American shad Alosa sapidissima from the fresh waters of the state.
2.7 No person shall take any smelt Osmerus mordax by any means from any stream or river in the state with the exception of the Pawcatuck River.
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