24.0930 Gillnets.

It is unlawful to:

(a) Possess, use or attempt to take fish with a gillnet with a stretched mesh size of less than one and one half inches.

(b) Deploy a gillnet or series of continuous gillnets with a combined length in excess of 700 feet.

(c) Deploy a gillnet within fifty feet of another gillnet or weir.

(d) Abandon or discard a gillnet within the waters of American Samoa.

(e) Deploy a gillnet in any location contrary to existing U.S. Coast Guard or Territorial regulations, or cause a hazard to navigation.

(f) Deploy a drift gillnet in the waters of American Samoa.

(g) Deploy a gillnet in water greater than sixty (60) feet deep.

(h) Gillnets must be checked at least every three hours and cleared of fish and debris.