Table 15 to Part 679—Gear Codes, Descriptions, and Use

- Table 15 to Part 679—Gear Codes, Descriptions, and Use

Gear Codes, Descriptions, and Use

(X indicates where this code is used)

Name of gear	Use alphabetic code to complete the following:			Use numeric code to complete the following:			Alpha gear code	NMFS logbooks	Electronic check-in/ check-out	Numeric gear code	IERS eLandings	ADF&G COAR	NMFS AND ADF&G GEAR CODES							Gillnet, drift				03	X	X	Hook-and-line	HAL	X	X	61	X	X	Jig, mechanical	JIG	X	X	26	X	X	Pot (includes longline pot and pot-and-line)	POT	X	X	91	X	X	Trawl, nonpelagic/bottom	NPT	X	X	07	X	X	Trawl, pelagic/midwater	Pspan	X	X	47	X	X	Troll, dinglebar	TROLL	X	X	25	X	X	Troll, hand	TROLL	X	X	05	X	X	Troll, power gurdy	TROLL	X	X	15	X	X	All other gear types	OTH	X	X				ADF&G GEAR CODES							Diving				11	X	X	Dredge				22	X	X	Dredge, hydro/mechanical				23	X	X	Fish ladder/raceway				77	X	X	Fish wheel				08	X	X	Gillnet, herring				34	X	X	Gillnet, set				04	X	X	Gillnet, sunken				41	X	X	Handpicked				12	X	X	Net, dip				13	X	X	Net, ring				10	X	X	Other/specify				99	X	X	Pound				21	X	X	Seine, purse				01	X	X	Seine, beach				02	X	X	Shovel				18	X	X	Trap				90	X	X	Trawl, beam				17	X	X	Trawl, double otter				27	X		Trawl, pair				37	X	X	Weir				14	X	X	FIXED GEAR							Authorized gear for sablefish harvested from any GOA reporting area	All longline gear (hook-and-line, jig, troll, and handline) and longline pot gear. For purposes of determining initial IFQ allocation, all pot gear used to make a legal landing.						Authorized gear for sablefish harvested from any BSAI reporting area	All hook-and-line gear and all pot gear.						Authorized gear for halibut harvested from any IFQ regulatory area in the GOA	All fishing gear composed of lines with hooks attached, including one or more stationary, buoyed, and anchored lines with hooks attached and longline pot gear.						Authorized gear for halibut harvested from any IFQ regulatory area in the BSAI	All fishing gear composed of lines with hooks attached, including one or more stationary, buoyed, and anchored lines with hooks attached.

[73 FR 76187, Dec. 15, 2008, as amended at 81 FR 95457, Dec. 28, 2016; 89 FR 34766, Apr. 30, 2024]