15 CFR § 922.91 - Definitions.

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title: "15 CFR § 922.91 - Definitions."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "922.91"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
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subchapter_name: "OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "922"
part_name: "NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY PROGRAM REGULATIONS"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 1431"
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# 922.91 Definitions.

In addition to those definitions found at § 922.11, the following definitions apply to this subpart:

*Handline* means fishing gear that is set and pulled by hand and consists of one vertical line to which may be attached leader lines with hooks.

*Rod and reel* means a rod and reel unit that is not attached to a vessel, or, if attached, is readily removable, from which a line and attached hook(s) are deployed. The line is payed out from and retrieved on the reel manually or electrically.

*Stowed and not available for immediate use* means not readily accessible for immediate use, e.g., by being securely covered and lashed to a deck or bulkhead, tied down, unbaited, unloaded, partially disassembled, or stowed for transit.

[80 FR 13108, Mar. 12, 2015, as amended at 88 FR 966, Jan. 6, 2023]