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RULE 26:
FISHING VESSELS
(a) A vessel engaged
in fishing, whether underway
or at anchor, shall exhibit only the lights and shapes prescribed
in this Rule.
(b) A vessel when
engaged in trawling, by which is meant the dragging through
the water of a dredge net or other apparatus used as a fishing appliance,
shall exhibit:
- two all-round
lights in a vertical line, the upper being green and the lower
white, or a shape consisting of two cones with their apexes
together in a vertical line one above the other;
- a masthead
light abaft of and higher than the all-round green light; a
vessel of less than 50 meters in length shall not be obliged
to exhibit such a light but may do so;
- when making
way through the water, in addition to the lights prescribed
in this paragraph, sidelights
and a sternlight.
(c) A vessel engaged
in fishing, other than trawling, shall exhibit:
- two all-round lights in a vertical line, the upper being red
and the lower white, or a shape consisting of two cones with
their apexes together in a vertical line one above the other;
- when there is outlying gear extending more than 150 meters
horizontally from the vessel, an all-round white light or a
cone apex upwards in the direction of the gear.
- when making
way through the water, in addition to the lights prescribed
in this paragraph, sidelights and a sternlight.
(d) The additional signals described
in Annex II to these Rules apply to a vessel engaged in fishing
in close proximity to other vessels engaged in fishing.
(e) A vessel when not engaged in
fishing shall not exhibit the lights or shapes prescribed in this
Rule, but only those prescribed for a vessel of her length.
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