50 CFR § 697.9 - Facilitation of enforcement.

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title: "50 CFR § 697.9 - Facilitation of enforcement."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "697.9"
section_name: "Facilitation of enforcement."
chapter_name: "FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
part_number: "697"
part_name: "ATLANTIC COASTAL FISHERIES COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 5101"
regulatory_source: "64 FR 68248, Dec. 6, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
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# 697.9 Facilitation of enforcement.

(a) *General.* See § 600.730 of this chapter.

(b) *Radio hails.* Permit holders, while underway, must be alert for communication conveying enforcement instructions and immediately answer via VHF-FM radio, channel 16, when hailed by an enforcement officer. Vessels not required to have VHF-FM radios by the Coast Guard are exempt from this requirement.

[64 FR 68248, Dec. 6, 1999, as amended at 73 FR 67809, Nov. 17, 2008]