---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 697.9"
title: "50"
number: "697.9"
heading: "Facilitation of enforcement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/697.9"
---

# §697.9. Facilitation of enforcement.

- (a) **General.** See [§ 600.730](/cfr/50/600.730.md) of this chapter.
- (b) **Radio hails.** Permit holders, while underway, must be alert for communication conveying enforcement instructions and immediately answer via VHF-FM radio, channel 16, when hailed by an enforcement officer. Vessels not required to have VHF-FM radios by the Coast Guard are exempt from this requirement.

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 68248, Dec. 6, 1999, as amended at 73 FR 67809, Nov. 17, 2008]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 68248, Dec. 6, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 68248, Dec. 6, 1999, as amended at 73 FR 67809, Nov. 17, 2008]