New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS
Chapter 17 - NAVIGATION AND BOATING
Part 2 - BOATING OPERATION AND SAFETY
Section 18.17.2.11 - PROHIBITED OPERATIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
The operator of a vessel operating on the waters of this state shall not engage the vessel in prohibited activities nor allow passengers to engage in activities prohibited by 18.17.2 NMAC or the Boat Act.
A. Riding the foredeck and gunwales of vessels:
B. Trolling: Trolling or drift fishing is prohibited within 150 feet of a marina, boat ramp or courtesy dock.
C. Speed:
D. Overloading: No vessel operator shall carry more people on board than the number stated on a vessel's capacity plate or as computed by multiplying the vessel's length times its width and dividing by 15.
E. Pollution: No person shall deposit or discharge liquid or solid waste or other refuse into this state's waters.
F. Buoys, water marking system: No person shall anchor from, deface or relocate a buoy placed by the division or any government agency for the purpose of aiding navigation. No person shall operate a vessel in a manner that will interfere unnecessarily with the safe navigation of other vessels or anchor a vessel in the traveled portion of a channel in a way that will prevent or interfere with any other vessel passing through the same area.
G. Operation while under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances: No person shall operate a motorboat or vessel, nor use water skis, surfboard or similar device, while under the influence of alcohol or any controlled substance.
H. Age restriction: No person under the age of 13 shall operate a motorboat unless under an adult's onboard supervision.
I. Use of airborne devices prohibited: No person, while being towed by a watercraft, shall use a device, except for a parasail, for the purpose of becoming airborne over the waters of this state. No person while operating a watercraft shall tow a person using a device, except for a parasail, for the purpose of becoming airborne over the waters of this state.
J. No person shall operate a motorized vessel less than 26 feet in length without having on or affixed to their person a line or link that activates the emergency cut off switch (ECOS) while on plane or above no-wake speed. Exceptions to this requirement include when