§ 8556 Herring Gill Net Regulations

• •The law lets a group called 'the commission' decide if certain fishing nets (drift or set gill nets) can be used to catch herring for selling.
• •The commission can also decide how big the holes in these nets can be.
• •This rule is only for catching herring, not other fish.

A fisherman wants to use a big net with small holes to catch a lot of herring to sell at the market.

The commission gets to say if this fisherman can use that kind of net and how big the holes in the net can be. If the commission says no, the fisherman can't use it.