East End means that part of the gillnet extending from 01° through 180° magnetic.
Gillnet means any anchored or drifting vertical wall of webbing that is buoyed at the top and weighted at the bottom and designed to capture fish by entanglement, gilling or wedging. This includes, but is not limited to, flatfish gillnets, surface gillnets and sink gillnets.
Sink Gillnet means any gillnet, anchored or otherwise, that is designed to be, capable of being, or is fished on or near the lower third of the water column. Sink gillnets include, but are not limited to, stand up and tie down gillnets.
West End means that part of the gillnet extending from 181° through 00° magnetic.
Chart 322 CMR 4.04(4)(b) Click to view image
322 CMR 4.04