Gear Identification Requirements

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> CHAPTER VI - FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND
ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
> PART 665 - FISHERIES IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC
> Subpart E - Pacific Remote Island Area Fisheries > § 665.628 Gear identification.

50 CFR § 665.628 - Gear identification.
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§ 665.628 Gear identification.
(a) The vessel number must be affixed to all fish and crab traps on board the
vessel or deployed in the water by any vessel or person holding a permit
under §§ 665.13 or 665.624 or that is otherwise established to be fishing for
PRIA coral reef ecosystem MUS in the PRIA fishery management area.
(b) Enforcement action.
(1) Traps not marked in compliance with paragraph (a) of this section and
found deployed in the PRIA fishery management area will be considered
unclaimed or abandoned property, and may be disposed of in any manner
considered appropriate by NMFS or an authorized officer.
(2) Unattended surround nets or bait seine nets found deployed in the coral
reef ecosystem management area will be considered unclaimed or
abandoned property, and may be disposed of in any manner considered
appropriate by NMFS or an authorized officer.

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