Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries
PART 679—FISHERIES OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF ALASKA
Subpart F—American Fisheries Act and Aleutian Island Directed Pollock Fishery Management Measures
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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, including snap gear, in inside waters [``NMFS Reporting Area Then you must use this seabird 649 (Prince William Sound), 659 avoidance gear in conjunction(Eastern GOA Regulatory Area, Southeast with requirements at § Inside District) or in state waters of 679.24(e)... Cook Inlet''], and your vessel is...------------------------------------------------------------------------>26 ft to 32 ft LOA minimum of one buoy bag line>32 ft to 55 ft LOA and does not minimum of one buoy bag line have masts, poles, or rigging>32 ft to 55 ft LOA and has masts, minimum of a single streamer poles, or rigging line>55 ft LOA minimum of a single streamer line of a standard specified at § 679.24(e)(5)(ii)------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------If you operate a vessel deploying hook-and-line gear, other than snap gear, in Then you must use this seabird the EEZ, not including any inside avoidance gear in conjunction waters listed above, and your vessel with requirements at § is... 679.24(e)...------------------------------------------------------------------------>26 ft to 55 ft LOA and does not minimum of one buoy bag line have masts, poles, or rigging and one other device1>26 ft to 55 ft LOA and has masts, minimum of a single streamer poles, or rigging line and one other device1>55 ft LOA minimum of paired streamer lines of a standard specified at § 679.24(e)(5)(iii)------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------If you operate a vessel deploying hook- and-line gear, in the EEZ, not Then you must use this seabird including any inside waters listed avoidance gear in conjunction above, and it is snap gear, and your with requirements at § vessel is... 679.24(e)...------------------------------------------------------------------------>26 ft to 55 ft LOA and does not minimum of one buoy bag line have masts, poles, or rigging and one other device1>26 ft to 55 ft LOA and has masts, minimum of a single streamer poles, or rigging line and one other device1>55 ft LOA minimum of a single streamer line of a standard specified at § 679.24(e)(5)(iv) and one other device\1\------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------If you operate a vessel deploying hook- Then you must use this seabird and-line gear other than snap gear, in avoidance gear in conjunction state waters of IPHC Area 4E, and your with requirements at § vessel is... 679.24(e)...------------------------------------------------------------------------>32 ft to 55 ft LOA and does not minimum of one buoy bag line have masts, poles, or rigging and one other device1>32 ft to 55 ft LOA and has masts, minimum of a single streamer poles, or rigging line and one other device\1\>55 ft LOA minimum of paired streamer lines of a standard specified at § 679.24(e)(5)(iii)------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------If you operate a vessel deploying hook- Then you must use this seabird and-line gear, in state waters of IPHC avoidance gear in conjunction Area 4E, and it is snap gear, and your with requirements at § vessel is... 679.24(e)...------------------------------------------------------------------------>32 ft to 55 ft LOA and does not minimum of one buoy bag line have masts, poles, or rigging and one other device1>32 ft to 55 ft LOA and has masts, minimum of a single streamer poles, or rigging line and one other device1>55 ft LOA minimum of a single streamer line of a standard specified at § 679.24(e)(5)(iv) and one other device\1\------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\other device = weights added to groundline, another buoy bag line or single streamer line, or strategic offal discharge [see § 679.24(e)(6) for more details]
