50 CFR § 622.226 - Restrictions on sale/purchase.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s622.226"
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title: "50 CFR § 622.226 - Restrictions on sale/purchase."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "622.226"
section_name: "Restrictions on sale/purchase."
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"
last_updated: "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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# 622.226 Restrictions on sale/purchase.

(a) *South Atlantic wild live rock.* Wild live rock in or from the South Atlantic EEZ may not be sold or purchased. The prohibition on sale or purchase does not apply to wild live rock from the South Atlantic EEZ that was harvested and landed prior to January 1, 1996.

(b) [Reserved]