[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 50, Volume 9] [Revised as of January 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 50CFR660.720] [Page 217-220] TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (CONTINUED) PART 660_FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES--Table of Contents Subpart K_Highly Migratory Fisheries Sec. 660.720 Interim protection for sea turtles. (a) Until the effective date of Sec. Sec. 660.707 and 660.712 (d) and (e), it is unlawful for any person who is not operating under a Hawaii longline limited access permit under Sec. 660.21(b) to do any of the following: (1) Direct fishing effort toward the harvest of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) using longline gear deployed on the high seas of the Pacific Ocean west of 150[deg] W. long. and north of the equator (0[deg] lat.). (2) Possess a light stick on board a longline vessel on the high seas of the Pacific Ocean west of 150[deg] W. long. north of the equator. A light stick as used in this paragraph is any type of light emitting device, including any fluorescent glow bead, chemical, or electrically powered light that is affixed underwater to the longline gear. (3) An operator of a longline vessel subject to this section may land or possess no more than 10 swordfish from a fishing trip where any part of the trip included fishing west of 150[deg] W. long. and north of the equator (0[deg] N. lat.). (4) Fail to employ basket-style longline gear such that the mainline is deployed slack when fishing on the high seas of the Pacific Ocean west of 150[deg] W. long. north of the equator. (5) When a conventional monofilament longline is deployed by a vessel subject to this section, no fewer than 15 branch lines may be set between any two floats. Vessel operators using basket-style longline gear must set a minimum of 10 branch lines between any 2 floats when fishing in waters west of 150[deg] W. long. north of the equator. (6) Longline gear deployed by a vessel subject to this section must be deployed such that the deepest point of the main longline between any two floats, i.e., the deepest point in each sag of the main line, is at a depth greater than 100 m (328.1 ft or 54.6 fm) below the sea surface. (b) [Reserved] Table 2 to Part 660--Vessel Capacity Ratings for West Coast Groundfish Limited Entry Permits ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Capacity Vessel length rating ------------------------------------------------------------------------ <20.......................................................... 1.00 21.......................................................... 1.13 22.......................................................... 1.27 23.......................................................... 1.42 24.......................................................... 1.58 25.......................................................... 1.75 26.......................................................... 1.93 27.......................................................... 2.12 28.......................................................... 2.32 29.......................................................... 2.53 30.......................................................... 2.76 31.......................................................... 2.99 32.......................................................... 3.24 33.......................................................... 3.50 [[Page 218]] 34.......................................................... 3.77 35.......................................................... 4.05 36.......................................................... 4.35 37.......................................................... 4.66 38.......................................................... 4.98 39.......................................................... 5.31 40.......................................................... 5.66 41.......................................................... 6.02 42.......................................................... 6.39 43.......................................................... 6.78 44.......................................................... 7.18 45.......................................................... 7.59 46.......................................................... 8.02 47.......................................................... 8.47 48.......................................................... 8.92 49.......................................................... 9.40 50.......................................................... 9.88 51.......................................................... 10.38 52.......................................................... 10.90 53.......................................................... 11.43 54.......................................................... 11.98 55.......................................................... 12.54 56.......................................................... 13.12 57.......................................................... 13.71 58.......................................................... 14.32 59.......................................................... 14.95 60.......................................................... 15.59 61.......................................................... 16.25 62.......................................................... 16.92 63.......................................................... 17.61 64.......................................................... 18.32 65.......................................................... 19.04 66.......................................................... 19.78 67.......................................................... 20.54 68.......................................................... 21.32 69.......................................................... 22.11 70.......................................................... 22.92 71.......................................................... 23.74 72.......................................................... 24.59 73.......................................................... 25.45 74.......................................................... 26.33 75.......................................................... 27.23 76.......................................................... 28.15 77.......................................................... 29.08 78.......................................................... 30.04 79.......................................................... 31.01 80.......................................................... 32.00 81.......................................................... 33.01 82.......................................................... 34.04 83.......................................................... 35.08 84.......................................................... 36.15 85.......................................................... 37.24 86.......................................................... 38.34 87.......................................................... 39.47 88.......................................................... 40.61 89.......................................................... 41.77 90.......................................................... 42.96 91.......................................................... 44.16 92.......................................................... 45.38 93.......................................................... 46.63 94.......................................................... 47.89 95.......................................................... 49.17 96.......................................................... 50.48 97.......................................................... 51.80 98.......................................................... 53.15 99.......................................................... 54.51 100.......................................................... 55.90 101.......................................................... 57.31 102.......................................................... 58.74 103.......................................................... 60.19 104.......................................................... 61.66 105.......................................................... 63.15 106.......................................................... 64.67 107.......................................................... 66.20 108.......................................................... 67.76 109.......................................................... 69.34 110.......................................................... 70.94 111.......................................................... 72.57 112.......................................................... 74.21 113.......................................................... 75.88 114.......................................................... 77.57 115.......................................................... 79.28 116.......................................................... 81.02 117.......................................................... 82.77 118.......................................................... 84.55 119.......................................................... 86.36 120.......................................................... 88.18 121.......................................................... 90.03 122.......................................................... 91.90 123.......................................................... 93.80 124.......................................................... 95.72 125.......................................................... 97.66 126.......................................................... 99.62 127.......................................................... 101.61 128.......................................................... 103.62 129.......................................................... 105.66 130.......................................................... 107.72 131.......................................................... 109.80 132.......................................................... 111.91 133.......................................................... 114.04 134.......................................................... 116.20 135.......................................................... 118.38 136.......................................................... 120.58 137.......................................................... 122.81 138.......................................................... 125.06 139.......................................................... 127.34 140.......................................................... 129.64 141.......................................................... 131.97 142.......................................................... 134.32 143.......................................................... 136.70 144.......................................................... 139.10 145.......................................................... 141.53 146.......................................................... 143.98 147.......................................................... 146.46 148.......................................................... 148.96 149.......................................................... 151.49 150.......................................................... 154.05 151.......................................................... 154.68 152.......................................................... 155.31 153.......................................................... 155.94 154.......................................................... 156.57 155.......................................................... 157.20 156.......................................................... 157.83 157.......................................................... 158.46 158.......................................................... 159.10 159.......................................................... 159.73 160.......................................................... 160.36 161.......................................................... 160.99 162.......................................................... 161.62 163.......................................................... 162.25 164.......................................................... 162.88 165.......................................................... 163.51 166.......................................................... 164.14 167.......................................................... 164.77 168.......................................................... 165.41 169.......................................................... 166.04 170.......................................................... 166.67 171.......................................................... 167.30 172.......................................................... 167.93 173.......................................................... 168.56 174.......................................................... 169.19 175.......................................................... 169.82 176.......................................................... 170.45 177.......................................................... 171.08 178.......................................................... 171.72 179.......................................................... 172.35 [[Page 219]] 180.......................................................... 172.98 181.......................................................... 173.61 182.......................................................... 174.24 183.......................................................... 174.87 184.......................................................... 175.50 185.......................................................... 176.13 186.......................................................... 176.76 187.......................................................... 177.40 188.......................................................... 178.03 189.......................................................... 178.66 190.......................................................... 179.29 191.......................................................... 179.92 192.......................................................... 180.55 193.......................................................... 181.18 194.......................................................... 181.81 195.......................................................... 182.44 196.......................................................... 183.07 197.......................................................... 183.71 198.......................................................... 184.34 199.......................................................... 184.97 200.......................................................... 185.60 201.......................................................... 186.23 202.......................................................... 186.86 203.......................................................... 187.49 204.......................................................... 188.12 205.......................................................... 188.75 206.......................................................... 189.38 207.......................................................... 190.02 208.......................................................... 190.65 209.......................................................... 191.28 210.......................................................... 191.91 211.......................................................... 192.54 212.......................................................... 193.17 213.......................................................... 193.80 214.......................................................... 194.43 215.......................................................... 195.06 216.......................................................... 195.69 217.......................................................... 196.33 218.......................................................... 196.96 219.......................................................... 197.59 220.......................................................... 198.22 221.......................................................... 198.85 222.......................................................... 199.48 223.......................................................... 200.11 224.......................................................... 200.74 225.......................................................... 201.37 226.......................................................... 202.01 227.......................................................... 202.64 228.......................................................... 203.27 229.......................................................... 203.90 230.......................................................... 204.53 231.......................................................... 205.16 232.......................................................... 205.79 233.......................................................... 206.42 234.......................................................... 207.05 235.......................................................... 207.68 236.......................................................... 208.32 237.......................................................... 208.95 238.......................................................... 209.58 239.......................................................... 210.21 240.......................................................... 210.84 241.......................................................... 211.47 242.......................................................... 212.10 243.......................................................... 212.73 244.......................................................... 213.36 245.......................................................... 213.99 246.......................................................... 214.63 247.......................................................... 215.26 248.......................................................... 215.89 249.......................................................... 216.52 250.......................................................... 217.15 251.......................................................... 217.78 252.......................................................... 218.41 253.......................................................... 219.04 254.......................................................... 219.67 255.......................................................... 220.30 256.......................................................... 220.94 257.......................................................... 221.57 258.......................................................... 222.20 259.......................................................... 222.83 260.......................................................... 223.46 261.......................................................... 224.09 262.......................................................... 224.72 263.......................................................... 225.35 264.......................................................... 225.98 265.......................................................... 226.61 266.......................................................... 227.25 267.......................................................... 227.88 268.......................................................... 228.51 269.......................................................... 229.14 270.......................................................... 229.77 271.......................................................... 230.40 272.......................................................... 231.03 273.......................................................... 231.66 274.......................................................... 232.29 275.......................................................... 232.93 276.......................................................... 233.56 277.......................................................... 234.19 278.......................................................... 234.82 279.......................................................... 235.45 280.......................................................... 236.08 281.......................................................... 236.71 282.......................................................... 237.34 283.......................................................... 237.97 284.......................................................... 238.60 285.......................................................... 239.24 286.......................................................... 239.87 287.......................................................... 240.50 288.......................................................... 241.13 289.......................................................... 241.76 290.......................................................... 242.39 291.......................................................... 243.02 292.......................................................... 243.65 293.......................................................... 244.28 294.......................................................... 244.91 295.......................................................... 245.55 296.......................................................... 246.18 297.......................................................... 246.81 298.......................................................... 247.44 299.......................................................... 248.07 300.......................................................... 248.70 301.......................................................... 249.33 302.......................................................... 249.96 303.......................................................... 250.59 304.......................................................... 251.22 305.......................................................... 251.86 306.......................................................... 252.49 307.......................................................... 253.12 308.......................................................... 253.75 309.......................................................... 254.38 310.......................................................... 255.01 311.......................................................... 255.64 312.......................................................... 256.27 313.......................................................... 256.90 314.......................................................... 257.54 315.......................................................... 258.17 316.......................................................... 258.80 317.......................................................... 259.43 318.......................................................... 260.06 319.......................................................... 260.69 320.......................................................... 261.32 321.......................................................... 261.95 322.......................................................... 262.58 323.......................................................... 263.21 324.......................................................... 263.85 325.......................................................... 264.48 [[Page 220]] 326.......................................................... 265.11 327.......................................................... 265.74 328.......................................................... 266.37 329.......................................................... 267.00 330.......................................................... 267.63 331.......................................................... 268.26 332.......................................................... 268.89 333.......................................................... 269.52 334.......................................................... 270.16 335.......................................................... 270.79 336.......................................................... 271.42 337.......................................................... 272.05 338.......................................................... 272.68 339.......................................................... 273.31 340.......................................................... 273.94 341.......................................................... 274.57 342.......................................................... 275.20 343.......................................................... 275.83 344.......................................................... 276.47 345.......................................................... 277.10 346.......................................................... 277.73 347.......................................................... 278.36 348.......................................................... 278.99 349.......................................................... 279.62 350.......................................................... 280.25 351.......................................................... 280.88 352.......................................................... 281.51 353.......................................................... 282.14 354.......................................................... 282.78 355.......................................................... 283.41 356.......................................................... 284.04 357.......................................................... 284.67 358.......................................................... 285.30 359.......................................................... 285.93 360.......................................................... 286.56 361.......................................................... 287.19 362.......................................................... 287.82 363.......................................................... 288.46 364.......................................................... 289.09 365.......................................................... 289.72 366.......................................................... 290.35 367.......................................................... 290.98 368.......................................................... 291.61 369.......................................................... 292.24 370.......................................................... 292.87 371.......................................................... 293.50 372.......................................................... 294.13 373.......................................................... 294.77 374.......................................................... 295.40 375.......................................................... 296.03 376.......................................................... 296.66 377.......................................................... 297.29 378.......................................................... 297.92 379.......................................................... 298.55 380.......................................................... 299.18 381.......................................................... 299.81 382.......................................................... 300.44 383.......................................................... 301.08 384.......................................................... 301.71 385.......................................................... 302.34 386.......................................................... 302.97 387.......................................................... 303.60 388.......................................................... 304.23 389.......................................................... 304.86 390.......................................................... 305.49 391.......................................................... 306.12 392.......................................................... 306.75 393.......................................................... 307.39 394.......................................................... 308.02 395.......................................................... 308.65 396.......................................................... 309.28 397.......................................................... 309.91 398.......................................................... 310.54 399.......................................................... 311.17 400............................................... 311.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------