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flag and a white light. The flagpole of each buoy shall have a 

 height of at least 2 meters above the buoy. 



b. Each king or tanner crab pot shall be marked by at least 

 two brightly colored buoys approximately 50 inches (1.25 m.) 

 in diameter, each buoy having painted on it the registration num- 

 ber assigned by the appropriate authorities. 

 5. a. Subject to compliance with the International Regulations for 

 Prevention of Collisions at Sea all vessels shall conduct their opera- 

 tions so as not to interfere with the operations of fishing vessels, or 

 iisliing gear. 



b. Vessels arriving on fishing grounds where fishing vessels are 

 already fishing or have set their gear for that purpose shall in- 

 form 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. 



, c. 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 con- 

 sequence of accident or other circumstances beyond its control. 



d. 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. 



e. No vessel shall use or have on board explosives intended for 

 the catching of fish. 



f . In order to prevent damage, fishing vessels engaged in trawl- 

 ing and other fishing vessels with gear in motion shall take all 

 practicable steps to avoid nets and lines or other gear which is 

 not being towed. 



g. (1) When nets belonging to different fishing vessels get 

 foul of each other, they shall not be severed without the con- 

 sent of the parties concerned unless it is impossible to disen- 

 gage them by other means. 



(2) When fishing vessels with lines entangle their lines, 

 the fishing vessel which hauls up the lines shall not sever them 

 unless they cannot be disengaged in any other way, in which 

 case any lines which may be severed shall where possible be 

 immediately joined together again. 



(3) Except in cases of salvage and the cases in which the 

 two preceding subparagraphs relate, nets, lines or other gear 

 sliall not under any pretext whatever, be cut, hooked, held on 

 to or lifted up except by the fishing vessel to which they 

 belong. 



(4) When a vessel fouls or otherwise interferes with gear 

 not belonging to it, it shall take all necessary measures for 

 reducing to a minimum the injury which may result to such 

 gear. The fishing vessel to which the gear belongs shall, at the 

 same time, avoid any action tending to aggravate such 

 dama<re. 



