"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote
Has to be permanetly fixed at or near the operator's position. Has to
- it's got to be there.

As I understand the law, the manufacturer has to put a capacity label there,
but there's no law against an owner removing it. Kind of like those tags on
mattresses. That's only at the fed level; there may be other state laws that
apply. A Maxum dealer should be able to get the OP a new one if his is
missing.