CFR > Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries > CHAPTER VI—FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE > PART 697—ATLANTIC COASTAL FISHERIES COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT > SUBPART A—General Provisions (§697.1 to §697.12) > 697.9—Facilitation of enforcement.

697.9—Facilitation of enforcement.

(a) General. See § 600.730 of this chapter.
(b) Radio hails. Permit holders, while underway, must be alert for communication conveying enforcement instructions and immediately answer via VHF-FM radio, channel 16, when hailed by an enforcement officer. Vessels not required to have VHF-FM radios by the Coast Guard are exempt from this requirement.
[64 FR 68248, Dec. 6, 1999, as amended at 73 FR 67809, Nov. 17, 2008]