🔍 Key Concepts

• Navigation Rules Rule 26 – Fishing Vessels (day shapes for vessels engaged in fishing) • The standard day shape for a vessel engaged in fishing (nets, lines, trawls, etc.), regardless of length, when actually fishing • The difference between shapes used for vessels at anchor, constrained by draft, and fishing/trawling

💭 Think About

• First, recall which single day shape is required for any vessel that is engaged in fishing, whether trawling or other than trawling. What is that basic “I am fishing” shape? • Now compare that remembered shape with the four options (ball, diamond, hourglass, single cone). Which option exactly matches the standard fishing day shape shown in Rule 26 diagrams? • Consider what the ball and diamond are normally used for. Do those shapes indicate a vessel fishing, or do they mean something else, like at anchor or constrained by draft?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify in Rule 26 that a vessel engaged in fishing (trawling or other fishing) shows the same basic day shape to indicate it is fishing. • Confirm which shape (ball, diamond, two cones apexes together, single cone) is specifically labeled as the fishing vessel day shape in the Rule 26 figures. • Be sure you are choosing the shape that indicates the vessel is currently engaged in fishing, not just restricted in ability to maneuver for some other reason.