50 CFR Table 15
Gear Codes, Descriptions, and Use
July 17, 2020
Gear Codes, Descriptions, and Use
(X indicates where this code is used)
Open Table
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | PTR | 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, drift | 03 | 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]
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