50 CFR § 622.208 - Minimum mesh size applicable to rock shrimp off Georgia and Florida.

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title: "50 CFR § 622.208 - Minimum mesh size applicable to rock shrimp off Georgia and Florida."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "622.208"
section_name: "Minimum mesh size applicable to rock shrimp off Georgia and Florida."
chapter_name: "FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
part_number: "622"
part_name: "FISHERIES OF THE CARIBBEAN, GULF OF AMERICA, AND SOUTH ATLANTIC"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 1801"
regulatory_source: "78 FR 22952, Apr. 17, 2013, unless otherwise noted."
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# 622.208 Minimum mesh size applicable to rock shrimp off Georgia and Florida.

(a) The minimum mesh size for the cod end of a rock shrimp trawl net in the South Atlantic EEZ off Georgia and Florida is 1
7/8 inches (4.8 cm), stretched mesh. This minimum mesh size is required in at least the last 40 meshes forward of the cod end drawstring (tie-off rings), and smaller-mesh bag liners are not allowed. A vessel that has a trawl net on board that does not meet these requirements may not possess a rock shrimp in or from the South Atlantic EEZ off Georgia and Florida.

(b) [Reserved]