47 U.S.C. § 25 — Fishing vessels; duty to keep nets from cables
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Fishing boat captains must keep gear at least one nautical mile from a cable-laying or repair ship. They must also stay a quarter mile from a buoy marking a cable being worked on. Breaking either rule is a misdemeanor: up to ten days jail, a $250 fine, or both.
The master of a fishing vessel must keep the vessel's implements or nets at least one nautical mile away from a vessel that is laying or repairing a cable. The master must also keep implements or nets at least a quarter of a nautical mile away from any buoy marking the position of a cable that is being laid, or that is out of order or broken.
A master who breaks either rule is guilty of a misdemeanor. On conviction, the court may — at its discretion — punish the master with imprisonment for up to ten days, a fine of up to $250, or both.
Fishing vessels that see, or could reasonably see, the warning signals displayed on a telegraph ship must be given whatever time is necessary to obey that notice, up to twenty-four hours. During that period, nothing may be placed in the way of the cable ship's operations.
The master of any fishing vessel who shall not keep his implements or nets at a distance of at least one nautical mile from a vessel engaged in laying or repairing a cable; or the master of any fishing vessel who shall not keep his implements or nets at a distance of at least a quarter of a nautical mile from a buoy or buoys intended to mark the position of a cable when being laid or when out of order or broken, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten days, or to a fine not exceeding $250, or to both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. Fishing vessels, on perceiving or being able to perceive the said signals displayed on a telegraph ship, shall be allowed such time as may be necessary to obey the notice thus given, not exceeding twenty-four hours, during which period no obstacle shall be placed in the way of their operations.
Source credit: (Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, § 5, 25 Stat. 42.)
- 1888Enacted · Act of Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17 · 25 Stat. 42
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