§ 14A-13. Gill nets of a certain size prohibited; restriction on purse seines.

(a)

It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for any person, firm, corporation or any other entity to use, by placing on or within Dade County waters, any gill net which hangs or will stretch to a dimension or depth greater than seventeen (17) feet when measured from the top of the net or floats to the bottom of the net or lead line.

(b)

For purposes of this article a gill net shall be defined as a net or wall of webbing suspended vertically in the water by means of weights on the net or lead line and floats on top of the net or float line and is designed to take or capture fish which become entangled in the webbing of the net.

(c)

It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for any person, firm, corporation or any other entity to use, by placing on or within Dade County waters, any purse seines or nets except when used in taking bait fish or menhaden fish.

(Ord. No. 82-73, § 3, 9-7-82; Ord. No. 82-108, § 1, 11-16-82)