- (a) "Hook gear" means fishing gear that is comprised of a hook or hooks attached to a line and includes but is not limited to longline, setline, jigs, troll line, rod and reel, and line trawl.
(b) Any vessel commercially rigged for hook gear shall:
- (1) Use circle hooks when using bait;
- (2) Not use more than 800 circle hooks; and
- (3) Have fairlead rollers that have at least 6 inch spacing between the rollers.
- (c) No person shall take commercially, any species of fish listed in Fis 602.06(a) by hook gear during April, May, and June.
Source. #7715, INTERIM, eff 6-21-02, EXPIRES: 12-19-02; ss by #7753, eff 8-19-02; ss by #9744, eff 7-1-10, EXPIRED: 7-1-18 New. #12652, eff 10-27-18