---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 250.1741"
title: "30"
number: "250.1741"
heading: "If I drag a trawl across a site, what requirements must I meet?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/250.1741"
---

# §250.1741. If I drag a trawl across a site, what requirements must I meet?


If you drag a trawl across the site in accordance with [§ 250.1740](/cfr/30/250.1740.md), you must meet all of the requirements of this section.

- (a) You must drag the trawl in a grid-like pattern as shown in the following table:
- (b) You must trawl 100 percent of the limits described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section in two directions.
- (c) You must mark the area to be cleared as a hazard to navigation according to USCG requirements until you complete the site clearance procedures.
- (d) You must use a trawling vessel equipped with a calibrated navigational positioning system capable of providing position accuracy of ±30 feet.
- (e) You must use a trawling net that is representative of those used in the commercial fishing industry (one that has a net strength equal or greater than that provided by No. 18 twine).
- (f) You must ensure that you trawl no closer than 300 feet from a shipwreck, and 500 feet from a sensitive biological feature.
- (g) If you trawl near an active pipeline, you must meet the requirements in the following table:
- (h) You must ensure that any trawling contractor you may use:
  - (1) Has no corporate or other financial ties to you; and
  - (2) **Has a valid commercial trawling license for both the vessel and its captain.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1751, 31 U.S.C. 9701, 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), 43 U.S.C. 1334.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.