50 Cfr 660.319

Fishery Conservation and Management
vessel owner must provide an observer
sampling station that complies with
this section so that the observer can
carry out required duties.
(1) Accessibility. The observer sampling station must be available to the
observer at all times.
(2) Location. The observer sampling
station must be located within four
meters of the location from which the
observer samples unsorted catch. Unobstructed passage must be provided between the observer sampling station
and the location where the observer
collects sample catch.
[75 FR 60897, Oct. 1, 2010, as amended at 77 FR
55158, Sept. 7, 2012; 78 FR 68773, Nov. 15, 2013;
80 FR 22301, Apr. 21, 2015]

§ 660.319 Open access fishery
identification and marking.

gear

(a) Gear identification. (1) Open access
fixed gear (longline, trap or pot, set net
and stationary hook-and-line gear, including commercial vertical hook-andline gear) must be marked at the surface and at each terminal end, with a
pole, flag, light, radar reflector, and a
buoy.
(2) Open access commercial vertical
hook-and-line gear that is closely tended as defined at § 660.311 of this subpart,
may be marked only with a single buoy
of sufficient size to float the gear.
(3) A buoy used to mark fixed gear
under paragraph (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this
section must be marked with a number
clearly identifying the owner or operator of the vessel. The number may be
either:
(i) If required by applicable state law,
the vessel’s number, the commercial
fishing license number, or buoy brand
number; or
(ii) The vessel documentation number issued by the USCG, or, for an undocumented vessel, the vessel registration number issued by the state.
(b) [Reserved]
§ 660.320 Open access fishery—crossover provisions.
The crossover provisions listed at
§ 660.60(h)(7), apply to vessels fishing in
the open access fishery.
[76 FR 74747, Dec. 1, 2011]

§ 660.330
§ 660.330 Open access
agement measures.

fishery—man-

(a) General. Groundfish species taken
in open access fisheries will be managed with cumulative trip limits (see
trip limits in Tables 3 (North) and 3
(South) of this subpart), size limits (see
§ 660.60(h)(5)), seasons (see seasons in
Tables 3 (North) and 3 (South) of this
subpart), gear restrictions (see paragraph (b) of this section), and closed
areas (see paragraph (d) of this section
and §§ 660.70 through 660.79). Unless otherwise specified, a vessel operating in
the open access fishery is subject to,
and must not exceed any trip limit, frequency limit, and/or size limit for the
open access fishery. Cowcod retention
is prohibited in all fisheries and
groundfish vessels operating south of
Point Conception must adhere to CCA
restrictions (see paragraph (d)(11) of
this section and § 660.70). Retention of
yelloweye rockfish is prohibited in all
open access fisheries. For information
on the open access daily/weekly trip
limit fishery for sablefish, see § 660.332
of this subpart and the trip limits in
Tables 3 (North) and 3 (South) of this
subpart. Open access vessels are subject to daily or weekly sablefish limits
in addition to cumulative limits for
each cumulative limit period. Only one
sablefish landing per week may be
made in excess of the daily trip limit
and, if the vessel chooses to make a
landing in excess of that daily trip
limit, then that is the only sablefish
landing permitted for that week. The
trip limit for black rockfish caught
with hook-and-line gear also applies,
see paragraph (e) of this section. Open
access vessels that fish with nongroundfish trawl gear or in the salmon
troll fishery north of 40°10′ N lat. are
subject the cumulative limits and
closed areas (except the pink shrimp
fishery which is not subject to RCA restrictions) listed in Tables 3 (North)
and 3 (South) of this subpart. Federal
commercial groundfish regulations are
not intended to supersede any more restrictive state commercial groundfish
regulations relating to federally managed groundfish.
(b) Gear restrictions. Open access gear
includes longline, trap, pot, hook-andline (fixed or mobile), setnet (anchored

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