The Constitution
of the
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations:
“ The people shall continue to enjoy and freely exercise, all the rights of fishery, and privileges of the shore, to which they have been heretofore entitled, under the charter and usages of this state.”
We are given the constitutional right, “including but not limited to”:
· “Fishing from the shore”
· “The gathering of seaweed”
· “Leaving the shore to swim in the sea”
· “Passage along the shore”
“and they [we] shall be secure in their [our] rights to the use and enjoyment of the natural resources of the state with due regard for the preservation of their values…”