---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 660.219"
title: "50"
number: "660.219"
heading: "Fixed gear identification and marking."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/660.219"
---

# §660.219. Fixed gear identification and marking.

- (a) **Gear identification.**
  - (1) Limited entry fixed gear (longline, trap or pot) must be marked at the surface and at each terminal end, with a pole, flag, light, radar reflector, and a buoy.
  - (2) A buoy used to mark fixed gear 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]

## Notes

### Source

Source: 75 FR 60897, Oct. 1, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 7001 et seq.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 34572, July 2, 1996, unless otherwise noted.