[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: 50CFR660.63]

[Page 500]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 660--FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES AND IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart E--Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fisheries
 
Sec. 660.63  Notification.

    (a) The owner or operator of a fishing vessel subject to this 
subpart must inform the Pacific Area Office at least 72 hours (not 
including weekends and holidays) before leaving port, of his or her 
intent to fish within the protected species study zones defined in 
Sec. 660.12. The notice must include the name of the vessel, name of the 
operator, intended departure and return date, and a telephone number at 
which the owner or operator may be contacted during the business day (8 
a.m. to 5 p.m.) to indicate whether an observer will be required on the 
subject fishing trip.
    (b) The operator of a fishing vessel that has taken bottomfish in 
the Ho'omalu Zone must contact the USCG, by radio or otherwise, at the 
14th District, Honolulu, HI; Pacific Area, San Francisco, CA; or 17th 
District, Juneau, AK, at least 24 hours before landing, and report the 
port and the approximate date and time at which the bottomfish will be 
landed.