R657-52-16. Certificate of Registration Markers

  (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.