50 CFR § 660.219 - Fixed gear identification and marking.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s660.219"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 660.219 - Fixed gear identification and marking."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "660.219"
section_name: "Fixed gear identification and marking."
chapter_name: "FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
part_number: "660"
part_name: "FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 1801 16 U.S.C. 773 and 16 U.S.C. 7001"
regulatory_source: "61 FR 34572, July 2, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "660"
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# 660.219 Fixed gear identification and marking.
(a) *Gear identification.* (1) Limited entry fixed gear (longline, trap or pot) must be marked at the surface and at each terminal end, with a pole, flag, light, radar reflector, and a buoy.
(2) A buoy used to mark fixed gear must be marked with a number clearly identifying the owner or operator of the vessel. The number may be either:
(i) If required by applicable state law, the vessel's number, the commercial fishing license number, or buoy brand number; or
(ii) The vessel documentation number issued by the USCG, or, for an undocumented vessel, the vessel registration number issued by the state.
(b) [Reserved]