50 CFR § 622.301 - Area and seasonal restrictions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s622.301"
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title: "50 CFR § 622.301 - Area and seasonal restrictions."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "622.301"
section_name: "Area and seasonal restrictions."
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: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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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# 622.301 Area and seasonal restrictions.

(a) *Pelagic sargassum area and seasonal restrictions*—(1) *Area restrictions.* (i) No person may harvest pelagic sargassum in the South Atlantic EEZ between 36°33′01.0″ N. lat. (directly east from the Virginia/North Carolina boundary) and 34° N. lat., within 100 nautical miles east of the North Carolina coast.

(ii) No person may harvest or possess pelagic sargassum in or from the South Atlantic EEZ south of 34° N. lat.

(2) *Seasonal restriction.* No person may harvest or possess pelagic sargassum in or from the South Atlantic EEZ during the months of July through October. This prohibition on possession does not apply to pelagic sargassum that was harvested and landed ashore prior to the closed period.

(b) [Reserved]