---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 665.104"
title: "50"
number: "665.104"
heading: "Gear restrictions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/665.104"
---

# §665.104. Gear restrictions.

- (a) **Bottom trawls and bottom set gillnets.** Fishing for American Samoa bottomfish MUS or ECS with bottom trawls and bottom set gillnets is prohibited.
- (b) **Possession of gear.** The possession of a bottom trawl or bottom set gillnet within the American Samoa fishery management area is prohibited.
- (c) **Poisons and explosives.** The possession or use of any poisons, explosives, or intoxicating substances for the purpose of harvesting bottomfish is prohibited.

## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 2205, Jan. 14, 2010, as amended at 84 FR 2770, Feb. 8, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 2205, Jan. 14, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[75 FR 2205, Jan. 14, 2010, as amended at 84 FR 2770, Feb. 8, 2019]