50 CFR § 660.351 - Recreational fishery—definitions.

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title: "50 CFR § 660.351 - Recreational fishery—definitions."
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title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "660.351"
section_name: "Recreational fishery—definitions."
chapter_name: "FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
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part_name: "FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES"
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# 660.351 Recreational fishery—definitions.

These definitions are specific to the recreational fisheries covered in this subpart. General groundfish definitions are defined at § 660.11, subpart C.

*Bag limit* means the number of fish available to an angler.

*Boat limit* means the number of fish available for a vessel or boat.

*Descending device* means an instrument capable of releasing a fish at the depth from which the fish was caught.

*Hook limit* means a limit on the number of hooks on any given fishing line.

*Long-leader gear* (also known as Holloway gear) means fishing gear with the following: One fishing line, deployed with a sinker and no more than three hooks, with a minimum of 30 feet (9.14 meters) between the sinker and the lowest hook, and a non-compressible float attached to the line above the hooks. The gear may be equipped with artificial lures and flies less than or equal to 5 inches in length. Natural bait, and lures or flies greater than 5 inches in length, may not be used.

[75 FR 60995, Oct. 1, 2010, as amended at 83 FR 13431, Mar. 29, 2018; 89 FR 101541, Dec. 16, 2024]