---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 28.500"
title: "46"
number: "28.500"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/28.500"
---

# §28.500. Applicability.


This subpart applies to each commercial fishing industry vessel which is 79 feet (24 meters) or more in length that is not required to be issued a load line under subchapter E of this chapter and that—

- (a) Has its keel laid or is at a similar stage of construction or undergoes a major conversion started on or after September 15, 1991;
- (b) Undergoes alterations to the fishing or processing equipment for the purpose of catching, landing, or processing fish in a manner different than has previously been accomplished on the vessel—these vessels need only comply with [§ 28.501](/cfr/46/28.501.md) of this subpart; or
- (c) **Has been substantially altered on or after September 15, 1991.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 88-079, 56 FR 40393, Aug. 14, 1991; 56 FR 47679, Sept. 20, 1991, as amended by CGD 88-079, 57 FR 364, Jan. 6, 1992]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3316, 4502, 4505, 4506, 6104, 8103, 10603; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 88-079, 56 FR 40393, Aug. 14, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 88-079, 56 FR 40393, Aug. 14, 1991; 56 FR 47679, Sept. 20, 1991, as amended by CGD 88-079, 57 FR 364, Jan. 6, 1992]