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Annex II - Additional Signals for Fishing Vessels Fishing in Close Proximity - International

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1. General

The lights mentioned herein shall, if exhibited in pursuance of Rule 26(d), be placed where they can best be seen. They shall be at least 0.9 metre apart but at a lower level than lights prescribed in Rule 26(b)(i) and (c)(i). The lights shall be visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least 1 mile but at a lesser distance than the lights prescribed by these Rules for fishing vessels.

2. Signals for trawlers

1. Vessels of 20 m or more in length when engaged in trawling, whether using demersal or pelagic gear, shall exhibit:
   1. when shooting their nets: two white lights in a vertical line;
   2. when hauling their nets: one white light over one red light in a vertical line;
   3. when the net has come fast upon an obstruction: two red lights in a vertical line.
2. Each vessel of 20 m or more in length engaged in pair trawling shall exhibit:
   1. by night, a searchlight directed forward and in the direction of the other vessel of the pair;
   2. when shooting or hauling their nets or when their nets have come fast upon an obstruction, the lights prescribed in 2(a) above.
3. A vessel of less than 20 m in length engaged in trawling, whether using demersal or pelagic gear or engaged in pair trawling, may exhibit the lights prescribed in paragraph (a) or (b), as appropriate.

3. Signals for purse seiners

Vessels engaged in fishing with purse seine gear may exhibit two yellow lights in a vertical line. These lights shall flash alternately every second and with equal light and occultation duration. These lights may be exhibited only when the vessel is hampered by its fishing gear.

Additional Signals for Fishing Vessels Fishing in Close Proximity - Canadian Modifications

4. Special visual signals

In Canadian waters and fishing zones, a vessel engaged in pair trawling shall exhibit at the foremast the International Code flag “T” during the daylight hours.

5. Special sound signals

1. In Canadian waters and fishing zones, a vessel engaged in fishing as described in sections 2 and 3 of this Annex shall, in any condition of visibility, sound the following signals on her whistle:
   1. 4 blasts in succession, namely, 2 prolonged blasts followed by 2 short blasts when shooting a net or gear,
   2. 3 blasts in succession, namely, 2 prolonged blasts followed by 1 short blast when hauling a net or gear, and
   3. 4 blasts in succession, namely, 1 short blast followed by 2 prolonged blasts, followed by 1 short blast when a net or gear is fast to an obstruction.
2. When in or near an area of restricted visibility, the signals described in paragraph (a) shall be sounded 4 to 6 seconds after the sound signal prescribed in Rule 35(c).

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2012-02-24

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