§ 13-0343. Nets other than trawls; restrictions on use of nets and\n trawls.\n 1. Nets other than trawls shall not be placed, maintained or used in\nany of the following waters except: (a) as permitted by this section;\n(b) landing nets may be used in completing the catch of fish hooked by\nangling; and (c) cast nets, not in excess of twenty feet in diameter,\noperated by hand may be used to take Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia\ntyrannus) and mullets (Mugil spp), except in the waters described in\nsubdivisions four, eight and twelve of this section. The use of cast\nnets shall be limited to one per boat.\n 2. In the waters of the marine district in the county of Richmond\npurse seines may not be used to take menhaden; and nets of not more than\nten feet in length, operated by hand, may be used to take minnows and\nshrimp for bait.\n 3. In the Harlem River and the East River east of the Robert F.\nKennedy Bridge and in Long Island Sound west of a line drawn from\nHewlett's (King's) Point to the north end of Hart Island, thence to the\nsouth end of Glen Island, and in their adjacent bays, coves, creeks and\nconfluent waters, only such nets as are used to take lobsters or crabs\nmay be used.\n 4. In the Nissequogue River fish may be taken by angling only except\nthat nets of not more than twenty feet in length and four feet in depth,\noperated by hand, may be used to take bait fish during daylight hours\nonly.\n 5. a. In the inland tidal waters within the town of Hempstead, no\nperson shall at any time engage in eel dredging by the use of nets\naccompanied by cutting boards, chains or other similar devices.\n b. In the inland tidal waters within the town of Hempstead westerly of\nthe Wantagh State Parkway causeway, nets shall not be used except nets,\nnot over forty feet long and four feet deep, may be used to take minnows\nor shrimp for bait.\n 6. In Jamaica Bay and its adjacent creeks, inlets and basins, nets\nshall not be used inshore of a line from the beacon at Rockaway Point\njetty to the municipal bath houses on Coney Island, except that minnows\nand shrimp may be taken by hand nets not over forty feet long and four\nfeet deep and except that nets other than trawls may be used from\nOctober 10 to December 31 in that part of such area southerly of a line\nfrom the lighted beacon at Manhattan Beach to the most southerly point\non Barren Island and westerly of the Marine Parkway bridge across\nRockaway Inlet.\n 7. In Gravesend Bay, and in the Atlantic Ocean within one-half mile of\nthe shore from Norton's point to the municipal bath houses on Coney\nIsland and within one-half mile of the shore from the Rockaway Inlet\njetty at Rockaway Point to the East Rockaway Inlet jetty at Silver\nPoint, nets shall not be used except as follows:\n a. To take minnows or shrimp for bait, hand nets not more than forty\nfeet long and four feet deep.\n b. To take eels, spears and eel weirs.\n c. To take menhaden, vessels of forty tons or less register using nets\nother than trawls, except where prohibited by subdivision 13 of this\nsection.\n 8. In the Carmans river, Suffolk county.\n a. Nets shall not be used in the river north of a line running from\nthe most southerly point of land within the Wertheim National Wildlife\nRefuge on the western shore of the river easterly to the point where the\nsouthern boundary of the refuge meets the eastern shore of the river.\n b. Eel pots shall not be used north of the point where Beaver Dam road\n(Brookhaven avenue) meets the river. Between the point where Beaver Dam\nroad meets the river and the line described in paragraph a of this\nsubdivision eel pots may be used only to take eels.\n 9. In Jones' Inlet, nets, except haul seines of not more than one\nhundred twenty feet in length and six feet in depth used to take bait\nfish or crustacea, shall not be used inshore from an east and west line\ndrawn from a point one-half mile southerly of the municipal bathing\npavilion at Poin
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