🔍 Key Concepts

• Rule 26 – Fishing Vessels (International & Inland) • Difference between vessel’s day shapes and additional shape for outlying gear over 150 m • Which geometric shape (ball, diamond, cone, or two cones together) is linked specifically to the direction of the gear

💭 Think About

• First, recall what day shapes a vessel engaged in fishing (other than trawling) normally shows, regardless of gear length. Then, think about what extra signal is required only when the gear extends more than 150 m from the vessel. • Look at each option in the figure and match it to its usual meaning in the Rules (e.g., single ball, diamond, two cones apex together, single cone). Which one is associated with direction of gear rather than towing length, anchoring, or fishing itself? • Ask yourself: in Rule 26, which specific shape is named as being placed in the direction in which the gear extends and is used only when the gear is more than 150 m?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify in Rule 26 that the extra signal for gear over 150 m is a single specific shape, not a pair of shapes. • Confirm that the same requirement applies both International and Inland for this situation. • Match the wording in the Rule (e.g., "cone with apex" in a particular orientation) with the exact geometric shape shown in one of the answer choices.