Title 50, Part 648 — Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Section 648.1

Purpose and scope.

Section 648.2

Definitions.

Section 648.3

Relation to other laws.

Section 648.4

Vessel permits.

Section 648.5

Operator permits.

Section 648.6

Dealer/processor permits.

Section 648.7

Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

Section 648.8

Vessel identification.

Section 648.9

VMS vendor and unit requirements.

Section 648.10

VMS and DAS requirements for vessel owners/operators.

Section 648.11

Monitoring coverage.

Section 648.12

Experimental fishing.

Section 648.13

Transfers at sea.

Section 648.14

Prohibitions.

Section 648.15

Facilitation of enforcement.

Section 648.16

Penalties.

Section 648.17

Exemptions for vessels fishing in the NAFO Regulatory Area.

Section 648.18

Standardized bycatch reporting methodology.

Section 648.20

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) control rules.

Section 648.21

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council risk policy.

Section 648.22

Mackerel, squid, and butterfish specifications.

Section 648.23

Mackerel, squid, and butterfish gear restrictions.

Section 648.24

Fishery closures and accountability measures.

Section 648.25

Mackerel, squid, and butterfish framework adjustments to management measures.

Section 648.26

Mackerel, squid, and butterfish possession restrictions.

Section 648.40

Prohibition on possession.

Section 648.41

Framework specifications.

Section 648.50

Shell-height standard.

Section 648.51

Gear and crew restrictions.

Section 648.52

Possession and landing limits.

Section 648.53

Overfishing 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).

Section 648.54

State waters exemption.

Section 648.55

Specifications and framework adjustments to management measures.

Section 648.56

Scallop research.

Section 648.57-648.58

§§ 648.57-648.58 [Reserved]

Section 648.59

Sea Scallop Rotational Area Management Program and Access Area Program requirements.

Section 648.60

Sea Scallop Rotational Areas.

Section 648.61

[Reserved]

Section 648.62

Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) Management Program.

Section 648.63

General category Sectors and harvesting cooperatives.

Section 648.64

Flounder Stock sub-ACLs and AMs for the scallop fishery.

Section 648.65

[Reserved]

Section 648.70

Surfclam and ocean quahog Annual Catch Limit (ACL).

Section 648.71

Surfclam and ocean quahog Annual Catch Targets (ACT).

Section 648.72

Surfclam and ocean quahog specifications.

Section 648.73

Surfclam and ocean quahog Accountability Measures.

Section 648.74

Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) Program.

Section 648.75

Shucking at sea and minimum surfclam size.

Section 648.76

Closed areas.

Section 648.77

Cage identification.

Section 648.78

Maine mahogany quahog zone.

Section 648.79

Surfclam and ocean quahog framework adjustments to management measures.

Section 648.80

NE Multispecies regulated mesh areas and restrictions on gear and methods of fishing.

Section 648.81

NE multispecies year-round and seasonal closed areas.

Section 648.82

Effort-control program for NE multispecies vessels.

Section 648.83

Multispecies minimum fish sizes.

Section 648.84

Gear-marking requirements and gear restrictions.

Section 648.85

Special management programs.

Section 648.86

NE Multispecies commercial possession restrictions.

Section 648.87

Sector allocation.

Section 648.88

Multispecies stock area definitions.

Section 648.89

Recreational and charter/party vessel restrictions.

Section 648.90

NE multispecies assessment, framework procedures and specifications, and flexible area action system.

Section 648.91

Monkfish regulated mesh areas and restrictions on gear and methods of fishing.

Section 648.92

Effort-control program for monkfish limited access vessels.

Section 648.93

Monkfish minimum fish sizes.

Section 648.94

Monkfish possession and landing restrictions.

Section 648.95

Offshore Fishery Program in the SFMA.

Section 648.96

FMP review, specification, and framework adjustment process.

Section 648.97

Closed areas.

Section 648.100

Summer flounder Annual Catch Limit (ACL).

Section 648.101

Summer flounder Annual Catch Target (ACT).

Section 648.102

Summer flounder specifications.

Section 648.103

Summer flounder accountability measures.

Section 648.104

Summer flounder size requirements.

Section 648.105

Summer flounder recreational fishing season.

Section 648.106

Summer flounder possession restrictions.

Section 648.107

Conservation equivalent measures for the summer flounder fishery.

Section 648.108

Summer flounder gear restrictions.

Section 648.109

Sea turtle conservation.

Section 648.110

Summer flounder framework adjustments to management measures.

Section 648.111

Block Island Sound Transit Area.

Section 648.120

Scup Annual Catch Limit (ACL).

Section 648.121

Scup Annual Catch Target (ACT).

Section 648.122

Scup specifications.

Section 648.123

Scup accountability measures.

Section 648.124

Scup commercial season and commercial fishery area restrictions.

Section 648.125

Scup gear restrictions.

Section 648.126

Scup minimum fish sizes.

Section 648.127

Scup recreational fishing season.

Section 648.128

Scup possession restrictions.

Section 648.129

Protection of threatened and endangered sea turtles.

Section 648.130

Scup framework adjustments to management measures.

Section 648.131

Block Island Sound Transit Area.

Section 648.140

Black sea bass Annual Catch Limit (ACL).

Section 648.141

Black sea bass Annual Catch Target (ACT).

Section 648.142

Black sea bass specifications.

Section 648.143

Black sea bass accountability measures.

Section 648.144

Black sea bass gear restrictions.

Section 648.145

Black sea bass possession limit.

Section 648.146

Black sea bass recreational fishing season.

Section 648.147

Black sea bass size requirements.

Section 648.148

Special management zones.

Section 648.149

Black sea bass framework adjustments to management measures.

Section 648.150

Block Island Sound Transit Zone.

Section 648.151

Black sea bass conservation equivalency.

Section 648.160

Bluefish Annual Catch Limit (ACL).

Section 648.161

Bluefish Sector ACLs and Annual Catch Targets (ACTs).

Section 648.162

Bluefish specifications.

Section 648.163

Bluefish Accountability Measures (AMs).

Section 648.164

Bluefish possession restrictions.

Section 648.165

Bluefish minimum fish sizes.

Section 648.166

Bluefish gear restrictions.

Section 648.167

Bluefish framework adjustment to management measures.

Section 648.200

Specifications.

Section 648.201

AMs and harvest controls.

Section 648.202

Season and area restrictions.

Section 648.203

Gear restrictions.

Section 648.204

Possession restrictions.

Section 648.205

VMS requirements.

Section 648.206

Framework provisions.

Section 648.207

Herring Research Set-Aside (RSA).

Section 648.230

Spiny dogfish Annual Catch Limits (ACLs).

Section 648.231

Spiny dogfish Annual Catch Target (ACT) and Total Allowable Level of Landings (TAL).

Section 648.232

Spiny dogfish specifications.

Section 648.233

Spiny dogfish Accountability Measures (AMs).

Section 648.234

Gear restrictions.

Section 648.235

Spiny dogfish possession and landing restrictions.

Section 648.236

Special Management Zones. [Reserved]

Section 648.237-648.238

§§ 648.237-648.238 [Reserved]

Section 648.239

Spiny dogfish framework adjustments to management measures.

Section 648.260

Specifications.

Section 648.261

Framework adjustment process.

Section 648.262

Accountability measures for red crab limited access vessels.

Section 648.263

Red crab possession and landing restrictions.

Section 648.264

Gear requirements/restrictions.

Section 648.290

Tilefish Annual Catch Limits (ACL).

Section 648.291

Tilefish Annual Catch Targets (ACT).

Section 648.292

Tilefish specifications.

Section 648.293

Tilefish accountability measures.

Section 648.294

Golden tilefish individual fishing quota (IFQ) program.

Section 648.295

Tilefish commercial trip limits and landing condition.

Section 648.296

Tilefish recreational possession limits and gear restrictions.

Section 648.297

Tilefish gear restricted areas.

Section 648.299

Tilefish framework specifications.

Section 648.320

Skate FMP review and monitoring.

Section 648.321

Framework adjustment process.

Section 648.322

Skate allocation, possession, and landing provisions.

Section 648.323

Accountability measures.

Section 648.350

Mid-Atlantic forage species landing limits.

Section 648.351

Mid-Atlantic forage species possession limits.

Section 648.352

Mid-Atlantic forage species framework measures.

Section 648.370

Habitat Management Areas.

Section 648.371

Dedicated Habitat Research Areas.

Section 648.372

Frank R. Lautenberg Deep-Sea Coral Protection Area.

Section 648.373

New England Deep-Sea Coral Protection Areas