[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR25.26-5]

[Page 313]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 25_REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart 25.26_Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB)
 
Sec. 25.26-5  Commercial fishing industry vessels.

    (a) The owner of a fishing vessel, a fish processing vessel, or a 
fish tender vessel, 11 meters (36 feet) or more in length, except for 
vessels described in paragraph (b) or (c) of this section, shall ensure 
that the vessel does not operate on the high seas or beyond three miles 
from the coastline of the Great Lakes unless it has on board a float-
free, automatically activated Category 1 406 MHz EPIRB stowed in a 
manner so that it will float-free if the vessel sinks.
    (b) The owner of a fishing vessel, fish processing vessel, or a fish 
tender vessel less than 11 meters (36 feet) in length, or 11 meters or 
more in length which has a builder's certification that the vessel is 
constructed with sufficient inherently buoyant material to keep the 
flooded vessel afloat, shall ensure that the vessel does not operate on 
the high seas or beyond three miles from the coastline of the Great 
Lakes, unless it has installed in a readily accessible location at or 
near the principal steering station--
    (1) A manually activated Category 2 406 MHz EPIRB; or
    (2) A float-free, automatically activated Category 1 406 MHz EPIRB.
    (3) Until February 1, 1998, a 121.5/243.0 MHz EPIRB meeting Sec. 
25.26-30.
    (c) The owner of a fishing vessel, fish processing vessel or a fish 
tender vessel 11 meters (36 feet) or more in length that does not have 
installed galley or berthing facilities, shall ensure that the vessel 
does not operate on the high seas or beyond three miles from the 
coastline of the Great Lakes unless it has on board a float-free, 
automatically activated Category 1 406 MHz EPIRB stowed in a manner so 
that it will float free if the vessel sinks.

[CGD 87-016a, 58 FR 13367, Mar. 10, 1993; 58 FR 27658, May 11, 1993, as 
amended by CGD 95-028, 62 FR 51196, Sept. 30, 1997; USCG-1998-4442, 63 
FR 52189, Sept. 30, 1998]