[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR85.3]



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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. 85.3  Signals for trawlers.



    (a) Vessels when engaged in trawling, whether using demersal or 

pelagic gear, may exhibit:

    (1) When shooting their nets: two white lights in a vertical line;

    (2) When hauling their nets: one white light over one red light in a 

vertical line;

    (3) When the net has come fast upon an obstruction: two red lights 

in a vertical line.

    (b) Each vessel engaged in pair trawling may exhibit:

    (1) By night, a searchlight directed forward and in the direction of 

the other vessel of the pair;

    (2) When shooting or hauling their nets or when their nets have come 

fast upon an obstruction, the lights prescribed in paragraph (a) of this 

section.