Sec. 26-143a. Nets to be buoyed and marked. Boats to display license or registration flag.
Sec. 26-143a. Nets to be buoyed and marked. Boats to display license or registration flag. All fyke, trap or pound nets shall be buoyed, and the buoy shall bear the
registration or license number issued to the owner in figures at least six inches long and
each stroke thereof not less than one-half inch wide. The figures shall be painted in
black on a light background. The buoy bearing the identification of the owner shall be
maintained in a conspicuous place at or near the bowl or heart of the fyke, trap or
pound net. All gill nets, seines or similar devices shall have attached thereto a metal
tag, furnished by the commissioner, bearing the license number of the owner. All boats
used to set or tend lobster pots, gill nets, seines, traps, fykes, pounds, eel pots, otter
trawls, beam trawls, balloon trawls, or similar devices licensed or registered under the
provisions of section 26-142a, shall display in a conspicuous position a license or registration flag furnished by the commissioner.
(P.A. 74-348, S. 4, 11.)