50 CFR § 648.105 - Summer flounder recreational fishing season.

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title: "50 CFR § 648.105 - Summer flounder recreational fishing season."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "648.105"
section_name: "Summer flounder recreational fishing season."
chapter_name: "FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
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part_name: "FISHERIES OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES"
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# 648.105 Summer flounder recreational fishing season.

No person may fish for summer flounder in the EEZ from October 1 to May 7 unless that person is the owner or operator of a fishing vessel issued a commercial summer flounder moratorium permit, or is issued a summer flounder dealer permit, or unless otherwise specified in the conservation-equivalency measures at § 648.107. Persons aboard a commercial vessel that is not eligible for a summer flounder moratorium permit are subject to this recreational fishing season. This time period may be adjusted pursuant to the procedures in § 648.102. Possession of summer flounder harvested from state waters during this time is allowed for state-only permitted vessels when transiting Federal waters within the Block Island Sound Transit Area provided they follow the provisions at § 648.111 and abide by state regulations.

[89 FR 32378, Apr. 26, 2024]