---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 660.351"
title: "50"
number: "660.351"
heading: "Recreational fishery—definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/660.351"
---

# §660.351. Recreational fishery—definitions.


These definitions are specific to the recreational fisheries covered in this subpart. General groundfish definitions are defined at [§ 660.11](/cfr/50/660.11.md), subpart C.

Bag limit means the number of fish available to an angler.

Boat limit means the number of fish available for a vessel or boat.

Descending device means an instrument capable of releasing a fish at the depth from which the fish was caught.

Hook limit means a limit on the number of hooks on any given fishing line.

Long-leader gear (also known as Holloway gear) means fishing gear with the following: One fishing line, deployed with a sinker and no more than three hooks, with a minimum of 30 feet (9.14 meters) between the sinker and the lowest hook, and a non-compressible float attached to the line above the hooks. The gear may be equipped with artificial lures and flies less than or equal to 5 inches in length. Natural bait, and lures or flies greater than 5 inches in length, may not be used.


## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 60995, Oct. 1, 2010, as amended at 83 FR 13431, Mar. 29, 2018; 89 FR 101541, Dec. 16, 2024]

### Source

Source: 75 FR 60995, Oct. 1, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 7001 et seq.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 34572, July 2, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[75 FR 60995, Oct. 1, 2010, as amended at 83 FR 13431, Mar. 29, 2018; 89 FR 101541, Dec. 16, 2024]