The regulation limits each person to 5 hoop nets total and 10 hoop nets per vessel if two or more people are present on that vessel (14 CCR Section 29.80(b)). Every hoop net must have a surface buoy marked with at least one hoop net operator's (person deploying and/or pulling hoop nets) GO ID number (14 CCR Section 29.80(b)(3)). Please note that hoop nets deployed from commercial passenger fishing vessels need to be marked instead with that vessel's registration number, and hoop nets provided by a licensed guide must be marked with the guide's guide license number.