Non-bottom contact gear

(12) Non-bottom contact gear means fishing gear designed or modified to not make contact with the bottom. This includes, but is not limited to, commercial vertical hook-and-line gear not anchored to the bottom (e.g., vertical jig gear or rod-and-reel gear with weights suspended off the bottom) and troll gear.

Source

50 CFR § 660.11

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Scoping language

These definitions are specific to the fisheries covered in subparts C through G of this part.

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