13-0341 - Trawls; use prohibited in certain waters. - New York Statutes

§ 13-0341. Trawls; use prohibited in certain waters. For the purposes of this chapter, a trawl shall be defined as a net which is towed or dragged through the water column, capturing fish by straining the water, but shall not include a seine which is used to encircle fish. The term trawl shall include but not be limited to the otter trawl, the beam trawl, the Paranzella or two-boat trawl, the pair trawl, the Danish seine and the Scottish seine. Trawls shall not be set or used in the water areas of the marine district described in the following subdivisions: 1. In the waters of the county of Richmond and in the counties of Kings or Queens, northerly and westerly of a line from the sea end of the breakwater at Rockaway Point to Romer Shoal lighthouse, including Jamaica Bay and its adjacent bays, inlets, creeks and basins. 2. a. In the Atlantic Ocean within one-half mile of the coastline and in all connecting tidal waters inshore of the coastline, from Rockaway Inlet Jetty at Rockaway Point to the Town of Babylon bathing pavilion at Cedar Island Beach, and in all tidal waters inshore of a line from the Town of Babylon bathing pavilion to the sea buoy (BW S-I, Bell) at the entrance of Fire Island Inlet and thence to the seaward end of Fire Island Inlet Jetty at Democrat Point. b. Seaward of Rockaway Inlet within an arc with a radius of one and one-half miles measured from the point at 40