Rule 1. Permits may be issued to commercial fishermen licensed under the provisions of Act No. 84 of the Public Acts of 1929, as amended, being S308.1 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws, to use gill nets with meshes less than 2 1/2 inches extension measure for taking chubs, herring, alewife, smelt, and such other species the director may designate.
Mich. Admin. Code R. 299.721