Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 158 - Natural Resources Department
Chapter 6260 - COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS
COMMERCIAL FISHING GENERAL RESTRICTIONS
Part 6260.0100 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1. Scope.
The terms used in this chapter have the meanings given them in this part.
Subp. 2. Net bar measurement.
"Net bar measurement" means the interior distance between adjacent angles of a single mesh of a net when extended. An entire net or lot of netting is considered to be of the same mesh size as the majority of ten or more meshes in any part of the net or lot at least three meshes removed from the selvage or side lines selected at random.
Subp. 3. Net stretch measurement.
"Net stretch measurement" means the interior distance between opposite knots or corners of a single mesh of a net, taken between the thumb and forefingers and applying enough pressure laterally to allow the opposite side of the mesh to meet. An entire net or lot of netting is considered to be of the same mesh size as the majority of ten or more meshes in any part of the net or lot of netting at least three meshes removed from the selvage or side lines selected at random.
Statutory Authority: MS s 97C.811
