[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

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[CITE: 33CFR85.1]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 85_ANNEX II: ADDITIONAL SIGNALS FOR FISHING VESSELS FISHING IN 

CLOSE PROXIMITY--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 85.1  General.









Sec.

85.1 General.

85.3 Signals for trawlers.

85.5 Signals for purse seiners.



    Authority: Sec. 3, Pub. L. 96-591; 49 CFR 1.46(n)(14).



    Source: CGD 81-006, 46 FR 61845, Dec. 21, 1981, unless otherwise 

noted.





    The lights mentioned herein shall, if exhibited in pursuance of Rule 

26(d), be placed where they can best be seen. They shall be at least 0.9 

meter apart but at a lower level than lights prescribed in Rule 26(b)(i) 

and (c)(i) contained in the Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980, as 

amended (33 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.). The lights shall be visible all around 

the horizon at a distance of at least 1 mile but at a lesser distance 

from the lights prescribed by these Rules for fishing vessels.