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(3) On such gear extending more than 1 mile additional buoys shall 

 be placed at distances of not more than 1 mile so that no part of the 

 gear extending 1 mile or more shall be left unmarked. By day every 

 buoy shall be fitted with a flag or a radar reflector and by night as 

 many buoys as possible with one white light. In no case shall the 

 distance between two lights on the same gear exceed 2 miles. 



(4) On such gear which is attached to a fishing vessel a buoy shall 

 not be required at the end attached to the fishing vessel. 



(5) The flagpole of each buoy shall have a height of at least 2 

 metres above the buoy. 



Rule 2 



Drift gear 



(1) Nets or lines which drift in the sea shall be marked at each 

 end and at distances of not more than 2 miles by a buoy with a pole 

 not less than 2 metres above the buoy. The pole shall carry a flag or 

 a radar reflector by day and a white light by night visible at a distance 

 of at least 2 miles in good visibility. 



(2) On gear which is attached to a fishing vessel a buoy shall not 

 be required at the end attached to the fishing vessel. 



ANNEX V 

 RULES GOVERNING THE OPERATIONS OF VESSELS 



Rule 1 



Subject to compliance with the International Regulations for Pre-' 

 venting Collisions at Sea all vessels shall conduct their operations so 

 as not to interfere with the operations of fishing vessels, or fishing gear. 



Rule 2 



Vessels arriving on fishing grounds where fishing vessels are already 

 fishing or have set their gear for that purpose shall inform themselves 

 of the position and extent of gear already placed in the sea and shall 

 not place themselves or their fishing gear so as to interfere with or 

 obstruct fishing operations already in progress. 



Rule 3 



No vessel shall anchor or remain on a fishing ground where fishing 

 is in progress if it would interfere with such fishing unless required for 

 the purpose of its own fishing operations or in consequence of accident 

 or other circumstances beyond its control. 



Rule 4 



Except in cases of force majeure no vessel shall dump in the sea any 

 article or substance which may interfere with fishing or obstruct or 

 cause damage to fish, fishing gear or fishing vessels. 



