{"data":{"id":"us/50-cfr-660.319","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"50 CFR 660.319","heading":"Open access fishery gear identification and marking.","body":"(a) Gear identification. (1) Open access fixed gear (longline, trap or pot, set net and stationary hook-and-line gear, including commercial vertical hook-and-line gear) must be marked at the surface and at each terminal end, with a pole, flag, light, radar reflector, and a buoy.\n(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.\n(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:\n(i) If required by applicable state law, the vessel's number, the commercial fishing license number, or buoy brand number; or\n(ii) The vessel documentation number issued by the USCG, or, for an undocumented vessel, the vessel registration number issued by the state.\n(b) [Reserved]","path":["Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries","CHAPTER VI—FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","PART 660—FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES","Subpart F—West Coast Groundfish—Open Access Fisheries"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-50.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:39Z","sha256":"fe3b15d10dcab209f4ec01c50bc2b1a241d86f11ff8f4c0f47812c177aaba801","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/50-cfr-660.316","next":"us/50-cfr-660.320"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}