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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: November 8, 2024) |
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Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries |
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Chapter VI - Fishery Conservation and Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce |
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Part 679 - Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska |
Table 20 to Part 679 - Seabird Avoidance Gear Requirements for Vessels, based on Area, Gear, and Vessel Type. (See § 679.24(e) for complete seabird avoidance program requirements; see 679.24(e)(1) for applicable fisheries)
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Table 20 to Part 679 - Seabird Avoidance Gear Requirements for Vessels, based on Area, Gear, and Vessel Type. (See § 679.24(e) for complete seabird avoidance program requirements; see 679.24(e)(1) for applicable fisheries)
If you operate a vessel deploying hook-and-line gear, other than snap gear, in waters specified at § 679.24(e)(3), and your vessel is... then you must use this seabird avoidance gear in conjunction with requirements at § 679.24(e)... >26 ft to 55 ft LOA and without masts, poles, or rigging minimum of one buoy bag line >26 ft to 55 ft LOA and with masts, poles, or rigging minimum of a single streamer line of a standard specified at § 679.24(e)(4)(ii) >55 ft LOA minimum of paired streamer lines of a standard specified at § 679.24(e)(4)(iii) If you operate a vessel deploying hook-and-line gear and use snap gear in waters specified at § 679.24(e)(3), and your vessel is... then you must use this seabird avoidance gear in conjunction with requirements at § 679.24(e)... >26 ft to 55 ft LOA and without masts, poles, or rigging minimum of one buoy bag line >26 ft to 55 ft LOA and with masts, poles, or rigging minimum of a single streamer line of a standard specified at § 679.24(e)(4)(iv) >55 ft LOA minimum of a single streamer line of a standard specified at § 679.24(e)(4)(iv) If you operate any of the following hook-and-line vessels... then... <32 ft LOA in the State waters of IPHC Area 4E you are exempt from seabird avoidance measures. in NMFS Reporting Area 649 (Prince William Sound) in State waters of Cook Inlet in NMFS Reporting Area 659 (Eastern GOA Regulatory Area, Southeast Inside District), but not including waters in the areas south of a straight line at 56°17.25 N. lat. between Point Harris and Port Armstrong in Chatham Strait, State statistical areas 325431 and 325401, and west of a straight line at 136°21.17 E. long. from Point Wimbledon extending south through the Inian Islands to Point Lavinia ≤55 ft LOA in IPHC Area 4E but not including waters south of 60°00.00 N. lat. and west of 160°00.00 W. long. [74 FR 13358, Mar. 27, 2009]