Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1)
(a) One
certificate of registration marker corresponding to each certificate of
registration shall be displayed at each harvest location as follows:
(i) on the boat with the certificate of
registration on board;
(ii) on the
harvest boat or attached to the boom;
(iii) in the water at the harvest location;
or
(iv) on the shore while
harvesting brine shrimp or brine shrimp eggs from shore.
(b) No more than one certificate of
registration marker shall be displayed at each harvest location without
permission from the company that first began harvesting at that
location.
(c) An original
certificate of registration shall be present at the harvest location where the
corresponding certificate of registration marker is displayed.
(2) A certificate of registration
marker shall consist of a piece of equipment, furnished by the harvesters,
constructed in accordance with the following specifications:
(a) A six foot long piece of tubing with a
weight at one end.
(b) This piece
of tubing shall have a fluorescent orange ball that is a minimum of eighteen
inches in diameter, mounted in the approximate center of the length of tubing.
The fluorescent orange ball shall have the certificate of registration number,
corresponding to the certificate of registration decal attached to the marker
pursuant Subsection R657-52-16(2)(c), marked in two places with indelible black
paint. The painted certificate of registration numbers shall be a minimum of
twelve inches in height.
(c)
Mounted above the orange ball towards the un-weighted end of the tubing shall
be a decal issued by the division which denotes the certificate of registration
in use and corresponding to the certificate of registration marker
device.
(d) Mounted on the tubing
between the orange ball and the un-weighted end of the tubing, shall be an
aluminum radar reflector that is a minimum of fifteen inches square.
(e) Mounted above the radar reflector shall
be a three-inch wide band of silver reflective tape.
(f) Mounted on the un-weighted end of this
tubing shall be an amber light that at night is visible for up to one-half mile
and flashes 30 times per minute, minimum.
(3) The certificate of registration marker
must be displayed in a manner that is:
(a)
visible in all directions at a distance of 500 yards; or
(b) displayed above the superstructure of any
vessel that a certificate of registration is being used from.
(4) The amber light on a displayed
marker device must be operating at all times between sunset and
sunrise.
(5) A brine shrimp
harvester shall not display an amber light at night, or an orange ball or other
device which simulates the certificate of registration marker device, without
having the corresponding, original certificate of registration at the harvest
location.
(6) Brine shrimp or brine
shrimp eggs may not be harvested in any manner, nor may a harvest location be
claimed unless and until an original copy of the certificate of registration is
at the harvest location and the corresponding certificate of registration
marker is properly displayed as required in this section.
(7) The certificate of registration and
corresponding certificate of registration marker shall not be transported to
the harvest location by aircraft.
(a)
"Aircraft" for purposes of this section, means any contrivance now known or in
the future invented, used, or designed for navigation of or flight in the
air.
(8) A person may
not harvest any brine shrimp or brine shrimp eggs within a 300 yard radius of a
certificate of registration marker displayed at a harvest location without
permission from the company that first began harvesting in that
location.
