Seaman's Handbook
PART C. Lights and Shapes : Fishing vessels
(a) A vessel engaged in fishing, whether underway or at anchor, shall exhibit only the lights and shapes prescribed in this Rule.(b) A vessel when engaged in trawling, by which is meant the dragging through the water of adredge net of other apparatus used as a fishing appliance, shall exhibit:
- two all-round lights in a vertical line, the upper being
green and the lower white, or a
shape consisting of two cones with their apexes together in a vertical line one above the
other; - a masthead light abaft of and higher that the all-round green
light; a vessel of less than
50 metres in length shall not be obliged to exhibit such a light but may do so; - when making way through the water, in addition to the lights
prescribed in this
paragraph, sidelights and a sternlight.
- two all-round lights in a vertical line, the upper being
red and the lower white, or a
shape consisting of two cones with their apexes together in a vertical line one above the
other; - when there is outlying gear extending more than 150 metres
horizontally from the
vessel, an all-round white light or a cone apex upwards in the direction of the gear; - when making way through the water, in addition to the lights
prescribed in this
paragraph, sidelights and a sternlight.