(A) It shall be
unlawful for any person to use or to set, place, fish, locate, or maintain a
net or trotline in the limited fishing areas in the lake Erie fishing district
described as follows:
(1) From the Camp Perry
firing area located in Ottawa county, north of Camp Perry and northwest of Port
Clinton, Ohio, beginning at a point north of the mouth of the Toussaint river,
located at longitude 83° 03.4 ' and latitude 41° 36' in the proximity of buoy
(W-or-J); thence easterly at 93° for approximately 13,000 yards to a point
located at longitude 82° 54.8 ' and latitude 41 35.7 ' in the proximity of buoy
(W-or-F); thence northwesterly at 326° for approximately 14,000 yards to a
point located at longitude 83° 00' and latitude 41° 41.5 ' in the proximity of
buoy (W-or-C); thence westerly at 270° for approximately 11,400 yards to a
point located at longitude 83° 07.6 ' and latitude 41° 41.5 ' in the proximity
of buoy (W-or-A); thence southeasterly at 150° for approximately 12,700 yards
to the point of beginning.
(2) Bass
island area located in Ottawa county northeast of Port Clinton, beginning at
buoy (R2) FI-6 Sec., south of South Bass island; thence northeasterly at 25°
for approximately 11,650 yards to buoy (1) FI-4 Sec.-Bell; thence northerly at
12° for approximately 2,100 yards to international buoy (W-or-E); thence
northwesterly at 302° for approximately 8,050 yards to buoy (R6) FI-r-4
Sec.-Bell; thence southwesterly at 203° for approximately 5,225 yards to buoy
(RN2); thence southerly at 185° for approximately 8,100 yards to Green island
light (FI-2-1/2 Sec.-80 ft. 8 Stm); thence southeasterly at 131° for
approximately 6,050 yards to the point of beginning.
(3) Kellys island area located in Erie and
Ottawa counties north of Sandusky, Ohio, beginning at the Marblehead light
(FI-G-6 Sec.-67 ft. 7 Stm); thence northwesterly at 339° for approximately
9,800 yards to buoy (R2)(FI-R-4 Sec.); thence northeasterly at 27° for
approximately 10,700 yards to the Canadian-United States international line at
the western tip of Middle island; thence southeasterly at 129° for
approximately 7,100 yards to buoy (1)(FI-4 Sec.); thence southwesterly at 209°
for approximately 15,100 yards to the point of beginning.
(4) Ruggles reef area located in Erie county
between Huron and Vermilion, Ohio, beginning at the east bank of the mouth of
the Huron river, located at longitude 82° 32.0 ' and latitude 41° 23.9 ';
thence due north at 0° for 2,640 yards to a point located at longitude 82° 32.9
' and latitude 41° 25.2 '; thence easterly for approximately 19,108 yards,
running parallel to and at a distance of 2,640 yards from the shoreline, to a
point located at longitude 82° 21.9 ' and latitude 41° 26.9 '; thence due south
at 180° for 2,640 yards to the west bank of the mouth of the Vermilion river,
located at longitude 82° 21.9 ' and latitude 41° 25.6 '; thence westerly
following the shoreline for approximately 19,108 yards to the point of
beginning.
(B) It shall
be unlawful for any person to set or use in fishing a net or trotline within
one-half mile of West Sister island, located in Jerusalem township, Lucas
county waters of lake Erie northeast of Toledo, Ohio.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to
set, use or maintain from May fifteenth to October fifteenth each year a net or
trotline within four nautical miles of the stipulated reference points at each
of the following Ohio lake Erie harbors:
Huron - the eighty-foot-high
isophase or equal interval red light with six-second phase at longitude 82° 32'
38.24 " and latitude 41° 24' 16.5 ".
Vermilion - the thirty-foot-high flashing white light at
six-second intervals at longitude 82° 21' 50.1 " and latitude 41° 25' 45.1
".
Lorain - the sixty-foot-high flashing white light at
five-second intervals at longitude 82° 11' 43.29 " and latitude 41° 28' 51.62
".
Cleveland - the sixty-three-foot-high west pierhead light with
alternating white and red continuous lights at ten-second intervals at
longitude 81° 43' 04.35 " and latitude 41° 30' 32.21 " and the
fifty-nine-foot-high east entrance light with isophase or equal interval red
light with six-second phase at longitude 81° 39' 05.06 " and latitude 41° 32'
34.98 ".
Fairport harbor - the fifty-six-foot-high west breakwater light
with isophase or equal interval red light with six-second phase at longitude
81° 16' 54.46 " and latitude 41° 46' 03.03 ".
Ashtabula - the forty-six-foot-high west pierhead light with a
fixed red light at longitude 80° 47' 42.12 " and latitude 41° 55' 11.68
".
Conneaut - the eighty-foot-high west pier light with
alternating white and red continuous light at ten-second intervals at longitude
80° 33' 27.29 " and latitude 41° 58' 48.07 ".
Descriptions of reference point lights and their geographic
locations are taken from the "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Survey Charts."
All other geographic points used in this rule were taken from
the "National Ocean Survey, Lake Survey Chart 14830, Aid to Navigation."
(D) It shall be unlawful for any
person to set a net or use any device in fishing, except a seine, in the
following described area:
Maumee bay waters of the lake Erie fishing district located in
Lucas county north, northeast and east of Toledo, Ohio, beginning at the west
bank of the mouth of the Maumee river; thence northwest and northerly following
the lake Erie shoreline to the Ohio-Michigan boundary line; thence east and
northeast following the Ohio-Michigan boundary line in lake Erie to Turtle
island; thence southeasterly to the northerly tip of Cedar Point marsh in
Jerusalem township; thence southwest and westerly following the lake Erie
shoreline to the east bank of the mouth of the Maumee river; thence westerly
across the mouth of the Maumee river to the point of beginning.
(E) Except as otherwise provided,
it shall be unlawful for any person, to set, maintain, or use a net, seine, or
any other fishing device, other than a trotline or hook and line, from May
fifteenth to the following October fifteenth within one mile of the shoreline
in a portion of lake Erie bounded on the west by an imaginary line running due
north from the water tower of the "Ford Motor Company" west of Lorain to an
imaginary point one mile offshore, and on the east by an imaginary line running
due north from the east bank of the Chagrin river to a point one mile
offshore.
(F) It shall be unlawful
for any person to set, maintain or use a net, or other fishing devices from May
fifteenth through October fifteenth in that portion of lake Erie beginning at
the Lakeside association dock for one-half mile north at 41° 33' 35" north and
82° 45' 05" west, to a point one-half mile northeast of the Marblehead
lighthouse at 41° 32' 35" north and 82° 42' 20" west to a point extending
one-half mile off the Sandusky pier light at 41° 30' 15" north and 82° 39' 55"
west.
(G) It shall be unlawful for
any person to set, maintain or use a trap net or fyke net in any part of the
Sandusky bay and more specifically west of an imaginary line running from the
northern most point of Sandusky pier light which is 41° 30' north and 82° 40'
5" west to Shafer's dock on Marblehead which is 82° 43' west and 41° 31' 3"
north.
(H) It shall be lawful to
place, locate, pull, or maintain a seine in Sandusky bay from one hour before
sunrise on Sunday to one half hour after sunset on Sunday, during the
commercial fishing season as set in rule
1501:31-3-01 of the
Administrative Code, Commercial Fishing Seasons. It shall be unlawful to set,
place, locate, or maintain a seine in Sandusky bay and the inland fishing
district during the nighttime from one hour after sunset until one hour before
sunrise.
(I)
Except as otherwise provided, it shall be unlawful for
any person, from March first to December tenth each year, to set, maintain, or
use a trap net or fyke net within one half mile of any structure, breakwater,
pier, or jetty associated with any federally maintained navigation channel in
lake Erie.
(J)
It shall be unlawful for any person, from March first
to December tenth each year, to set, maintain, or use a net or other fishing
device within one-quarter mile of the following defined reefs:
(1)
Niagara reef -
41 degrees 39.9 minutes latitude, -82 degrees 58.4 minutes
longitude
(2)
Mouse island reef - 41 degrees 36.4 minutes latitude,
-82 degrees 50.0 minutes longitude
(3)
Starve island
reef - 41 degrees 36.8 minutes latitude, -82 degrees 48.8 minutes
longitude
(4)
Scott Point central reef - 41 degrees 35.8 minutes
latitude, -82 degrees 49.1 minutes longitude
(5)
Scott Point east
reef - 41 degrees 35.9 minutes latitude, -82 degrees 48.7 minutes
longitude
(6)
Scott Point west reef - 41 degrees 36.0 minutes
latitude, -82 degrees 49.7 minutes longitude
(7)
Middle Harbor
south reef - 41 degrees 34.1 minutes latitude, -82 degrees 47.6 minutes
longitude
(8)
Middle Harbor north reef - 41 degrees 34.4 minutes
latitude, -82 degrees 47.5 minutes longitude
(9)
Gull island reef
- 41 degrees 40.3 minutes latitude, -82 degrees 40.5 minutes longitude
(10)
Kelleys island reef - 41 degrees 38.5 minutes latitude, -82
degrees 38.1 minutes longitude
(11)
Airport reef -
41 degrees 35.9 minutes latitude, -82 degrees 39.8 minutes longitude
(12)
West reef - 41 degrees 43.0 minutes latitude, -82 degrees
51.5 minutes longitude
(I)
(K) All
provisions in sections
1533.48 and
1533.55 of the Revised Code not
mentioned in or modified by this rule shall remain in effect.
(J)
(L) A
violation of this rule is a violation of sections
1533.48 and
1533.55 of the Revised Code
insofar as they are applicable.
(K)
(M) All definitions
set forth in rule
1501:31-1-02 of the
Administrative Code shall apply to this rule.
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code
1501:31-3-04
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
11/25/2024 and
11/25/2029
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 1531.06,
1531.08,
1533.48,
1533.55
Rule
Amplifies: 1531.06,
1531.08,
1533.48,
1533.55
Prior
Effective Dates: 02/27/1975, 08/30/1978, 03/01/1980, 01/02/1981, 06/01/1982,
05/03/1984 (Emer.), 08/01/1984, 06/01/1985, 04/25/1989, 07/31/1990, 11/11/1992,
05/19/1995, 04/28/1998, 07/11/2013,
03/01/2015
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
11/26/2019 and
11/26/2024
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 1531.06,
1531.08,
1533.48,
1533.55,
Rule
Amplifies: 1531.06,
1531.08,
1533.48,
1533.55,
Prior
Effective Dates: 02/27/1975, 08/30/1978, 03/01/1980, 01/02/1981, 06/01/1982,
05/03/1984 (Emer.), 08/01/1984, 06/01/1985, 04/25/1989, 07/31/1990, 11/11/1992,
05/19/1995, 04/28/1998, 07/11/2013,
03/01/2015
