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State Regulations
Commencing in 2002, nets shall be marked
as follows
- All gill nets set in depths greater than
fifteen (15) feet shall have a staff buoy at each end with at
least four (4) feet exposed above the surface of the water with
a red or orange flag no less than twelve (12) inches by twelve
(12) inches bearing the license number of the fisher and affixed
to the top of the staff.
Commencing in 2002, nets shall be
marked as follows
- Any gill net or portion of a gill net set
in water less than fifteen (15) feet deep shall have: a red
or orange float not less than one (1) gallon in size, or a red
or orange PVC float that is at least six (6) inches by fourteen
(14) inches in size, on each end that is in water less than
fifteen (15) feet deep. The floats at the ends of the net shall
bear the license number of the fisher.
In addition, each such net shall
also have either
- An additional float of the size described
above spaced every three hundred (300) feet or less along the
length of the net that is in water less than fifteen (15) feet.
- Standard commercially available fluorescent
orange floats at least one and one-half (1.5) inches by four
(4) inches in size along the corkline not less than every twelve
(12) feet in water less than fifteen (15) feet.
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Gill Nets
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