[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR660.24]

[Page 477-478]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 660--FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES AND IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart C--Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries
 
Sec. 660.24  Gear identification.

    (a) Identification. The operator of each permitted vessel in the 
fishery management area must ensure that the

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official number of the vessel be affixed to every longline buoy and 
float, including each buoy and float that is attached to a radar 
reflector, radio antenna, or flag marker, whether attached to a deployed 
longline or possessed on board the vessel. Markings must be legible and 
permanent, and must be of a color that contrasts with the background 
material.
    (b) Enforcement action. Longline gear not marked in compliance with 
paragraph (a) of this section and found deployed in the EEZ will be 
considered unclaimed or abandoned property, and may be disposed of in 
any manner considered appropriate by NMFS or an authorized officer.