Section 11-1503. Nets; license required; power of department

The department may regulate the use of nets and other devices commonly
  used  to  take  fish.  No  person shall use a net or device to take fish
  without first obtaining a license to do  so.  Gill  nets  shall  not  be
  operated  in  Lake  Erie.  No  gill net license for use in Lake Ontario,
  including Chaumont Bay and all its other  embayments,  shall  be  issued
  except  to  holders  of a gill net license valid on or prior to December
  31, 1986, and  all  licenses  issued  on  or  prior  to  that  date  are
  non-transferable.