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FEDERAL · 50 CFR

Part 648 — Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

156 sections · Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries

§ 648.1Purpose and scope.
§ 648.2Definitions.
§ 648.3Relation to other laws.
§ 648.4Vessel permits.
§ 648.5Operator permits.
§ 648.6Dealer/processor permits.
§ 648.7Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
§ 648.8Vessel identification.
§ 648.9VMS vendor and unit requirements.
§ 648.10VMS and DAS requirements for vessel owners/operators.
§ 648.11Monitoring coverage.
§ 648.12Experimental fishing.
§ 648.13Transfers at sea.
§ 648.14Prohibitions.
§ 648.15Facilitation of enforcement.
§ 648.16Penalties.
§ 648.17Exemptions for vessels fishing in the NAFO Regulatory Area.
§ 648.18Standardized bycatch reporting methodology.
§ 648.20Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) control rules.
§ 648.21Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council risk policy.
§ 648.22Mackerel, squid, and butterfish specifications.
§ 648.23Mackerel, squid, and butterfish gear restrictions.
§ 648.24Fishery closures and accountability measures.
§ 648.25Mackerel, squid, and butterfish framework adjustments to management measures.
§ 648.26Mackerel, squid, and butterfish possession restrictions.
§ 648.40Prohibition on possession.
§ 648.41Framework specifications.
§ 648.50Shell-height standard.
§ 648.51Gear and crew restrictions.
§ 648.52Possession and landing limits.
§ 648.53Overfishing limit (OFL), acceptable biological catch (ABC), annual catch limits (ACL), annual catch targets (ACT), annual projected landings (APL), DAS allocations, and individual fishing quotas (IFQ).
§ 648.54State waters exemption.
§ 648.55Specifications and framework adjustments to management measures.
§ 648.56Scallop research.
§ 648.57-648.58§§ 648.57-648.58 [Reserved]
§ 648.59Sea Scallop Rotational Area Management Program and Access Area Program requirements.
§ 648.60Sea Scallop Rotational Areas.
§ 648.61§ 648.61 [Reserved]
§ 648.62Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) Management Program.
§ 648.63General category Sectors and harvesting cooperatives.
§ 648.64Flounder Stock sub-ACLs and AMs for the scallop fishery.
§ 648.65§ 648.65 [Reserved]
§ 648.70Surfclam and ocean quahog Annual Catch Limit (ACL).
§ 648.71Surfclam and ocean quahog Annual Catch Targets (ACT).
§ 648.72Surfclam and ocean quahog specifications.
§ 648.73Surfclam and ocean quahog Accountability Measures.
§ 648.74Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) Program.
§ 648.75Shucking at sea and minimum surfclam size.
§ 648.76Closed areas.
§ 648.77Cage identification.
§ 648.78Maine mahogany quahog zone.
§ 648.79Surfclam and ocean quahog framework adjustments to management measures.
§ 648.80NE Multispecies regulated mesh areas and restrictions on gear and methods of fishing.
§ 648.81NE multispecies year-round and seasonal closed areas.
§ 648.82Effort-control program for NE multispecies vessels.
§ 648.83Multispecies minimum fish sizes.
§ 648.84Gear-marking requirements and gear restrictions.
§ 648.85Special management programs.
§ 648.86NE Multispecies commercial possession restrictions.
§ 648.87Sector allocation.
§ 648.88Multispecies stock area definitions.
§ 648.89Recreational and charter/party vessel restrictions.
§ 648.90NE multispecies assessment, framework procedures and specifications, and flexible area action system.
§ 648.91Monkfish regulated mesh areas and restrictions on gear and methods of fishing.
§ 648.92Effort-control program for monkfish limited access vessels.
§ 648.93Monkfish minimum fish sizes.
§ 648.94Monkfish possession and landing restrictions.
§ 648.95Offshore Fishery Program in the SFMA.
§ 648.96FMP review, specification, and framework adjustment process.
§ 648.97Closed areas.
§ 648.100Summer flounder Annual Catch Limit (ACL).
§ 648.101Summer flounder Annual Catch Target (ACT).
§ 648.102Summer flounder specifications.
§ 648.103Summer flounder accountability measures.
§ 648.104Summer flounder size requirements.
§ 648.105Summer flounder recreational fishing season.
§ 648.106Summer flounder possession restrictions.
§ 648.107Conservation equivalent measures for the summer flounder fishery.
§ 648.108Summer flounder gear restrictions.
§ 648.109Sea turtle conservation.
§ 648.110Summer flounder framework adjustments to management measures.
§ 648.111Block Island Sound Transit Area.
§ 648.120Scup Annual Catch Limit (ACL).
§ 648.121Scup Annual Catch Target (ACT).
§ 648.122Scup specifications.
§ 648.123Scup accountability measures.
§ 648.124Scup commercial season and commercial fishery area restrictions.
§ 648.125Scup gear restrictions.
§ 648.126Scup minimum fish sizes.
§ 648.127Scup recreational fishing season.
§ 648.128Scup possession restrictions.
§ 648.129Protection of threatened and endangered sea turtles.
§ 648.130Scup framework adjustments to management measures.
§ 648.131Block Island Sound Transit Area.
§ 648.140Black sea bass Annual Catch Limit (ACL).
§ 648.141Black sea bass Annual Catch Target (ACT).
§ 648.142Black sea bass specifications.
§ 648.143Black sea bass accountability measures.
§ 648.144Black sea bass gear restrictions.
§ 648.145Black sea bass possession limit.
§ 648.146Black sea bass recreational fishing season.
§ 648.147Black sea bass size requirements.
§ 648.148Special management zones.
§ 648.149Black sea bass framework adjustments to management measures.
§ 648.150Block Island Sound Transit Zone.
§ 648.151Black sea bass conservation equivalency.
§ 648.160Bluefish Annual Catch Limit (ACL).
§ 648.161Bluefish Sector ACLs and Annual Catch Targets (ACTs).
§ 648.162Bluefish specifications.
§ 648.163Bluefish Accountability Measures (AMs).
§ 648.164Bluefish possession restrictions.
§ 648.165Bluefish minimum fish sizes.
§ 648.166Bluefish gear restrictions.
§ 648.167Bluefish framework adjustment to management measures.
§ 648.200Specifications.
§ 648.201AMs and harvest controls.
§ 648.202Season and area restrictions.
§ 648.203Gear restrictions.
§ 648.204Possession restrictions.
§ 648.205VMS requirements.
§ 648.206Framework provisions.
§ 648.207Herring Research Set-Aside (RSA).
§ 648.230Spiny dogfish Annual Catch Limits (ACLs).
§ 648.231Spiny dogfish Annual Catch Target (ACT) and Total Allowable Level of Landings (TAL).
§ 648.232Spiny dogfish specifications.
§ 648.233Spiny dogfish Accountability Measures (AMs).
§ 648.234Gear restrictions.
§ 648.235Spiny dogfish possession and landing restrictions.
§ 648.236§ 648.236 Special Management Zones. [Reserved]
§ 648.237-648.238§§ 648.237-648.238 [Reserved]
§ 648.239Spiny dogfish framework adjustments to management measures.
§ 648.260Specifications.
§ 648.261Framework adjustment process.
§ 648.262Accountability measures for red crab limited access vessels.
§ 648.263Red crab possession and landing restrictions.
§ 648.264Gear requirements/restrictions.
§ 648.290Tilefish Annual Catch Limits (ACL).
§ 648.291Tilefish Annual Catch Targets (ACT).
§ 648.292Tilefish specifications.
§ 648.293Tilefish accountability measures.
§ 648.294Golden tilefish individual fishing quota (IFQ) program.
§ 648.295Tilefish commercial trip limits and landing condition.
§ 648.296Tilefish recreational possession limits and gear restrictions.
§ 648.297Tilefish gear restricted areas.
§ 648.299Tilefish framework specifications.
§ 648.320Skate FMP review and monitoring.
§ 648.321Framework adjustment process.
§ 648.322Skate allocation, possession, and landing provisions.
§ 648.323Accountability measures.
§ 648.350Mid-Atlantic forage species landing limits.
§ 648.351Mid-Atlantic forage species possession limits.
§ 648.352Mid-Atlantic forage species framework measures.
§ 648.370Habitat Management Areas.
§ 648.371Dedicated Habitat Research Areas.
§ 648.372Frank R. Lautenberg Deep-Sea Coral Protection Area.
§ 648.373New England Deep-Sea Coral Protection Areas