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50 CFR Part 679, Table 15

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Name of gearUse alphabetic code to complete the following:Use numeric code to complete the following:
Alpha gear codeNMFS logbooksElectronic check-in/ check-out | Numeric gear code | IERS eLandings | ADF&G COAR

NMFS AND ADF&G GEAR CODES

Gillnet, drift|| 3XX
Hook-and-lineHALXX61 | X | X
Jig, mechanicalJIGXX26 | X | X
Pot (includes longline pot and pot-and-line)POTXX91 | X | X
Trawl, nonpelagic/bottomNPTXX7 | X | X
Trawl, pelagic/midwaterPTRXX47 | X | X
Troll, dinglebarTROLLXX25 | X | X
Troll, handTROLLXX5 | X | X
Troll, power gurdyTROLLXX15 | X | X
All other gear typesOTHXX

ADF&G GEAR CODES

Diving| 11XX
Dredge| 22XX
Dredge, hydro/mechanical| 23XX
Fish ladder/raceway| 77XX
Fish wheel| 8XX
Gillnet, herring| 34XX
Gillnet, set| 4XX
Gillnet, sunken| 41XX
Handpicked| 12XX
Net, dip| 13XX
Net, ring| 10XX
Other/specify| 99XX
Pound| 21XX
Seine, purse| 1XX
Seine, beach| 2XX
Shovel| 18XX
Trap| 90XX
Trawl, beam| 17XX
Trawl, double otter| 27X
Trawl, pair| 37XX
Weir| 14XX

FIXED GEAR

Authorized gear for sablefish harvested from any GOA reporting areaAll 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 areaAll hook-and-line gear and all pot gear.
Authorized gear for halibut harvested from any IFQ regulatory area in the GOAAll 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 BSAIAll 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]