COLREGs · Rule 26
Fishing Vessels
Last verified: 2026-05-16
TL;DR
Trawling: green-over-white all-round + sidelights and sternlight when making way. Other fishing (lines, nets, gear extending more than 150 m horizontally): red-over-white + a white light or cone in the direction of the gear.
Authoritative source
Source links checked against the current public rule corpus on 2026-05-16.
- 33 CFR §83.26— verbatim Inland Rule text (US Code of Federal Regulations)(retrieved 2026-05-16)
- International COLREGs Rule 26 verbatim text is published by the IMO. The Inland counterpart 33 CFR §83 chunk above mirrors the international wording almost verbatim.
Inland parallel
Inland Rule 26 — Fishing Vessels →More from Part C — Lights and Shapes
Related drills
- Rule 20 — Application (Lights and Shapes)
- Rule 21 — Definitions (Lights)
- Rule 22 — Visibility of Lights
- Practise Rule 23 — Power-driven Vessel Underway
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