50 CFR § 648.146 - Black sea bass recreational fishing season.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s648.146"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 648.146 - Black sea bass recreational fishing season."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "648.146"
section_name: "Black sea bass recreational fishing season."
chapter_name: "FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
part_number: "648"
part_name: "FISHERIES OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 1801"
regulatory_source: "61 FR 34968, July 3, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "648"
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# 648.146 Black sea bass recreational fishing season.
Vessels that are not eligible for a black sea bass moratorium permit under § 648.4(a)(7), and fishermen subject to the possession limit specified in § 648.145(a), may only possess black sea bass from May 15 through September 8, unless otherwise specified in the conservation equivalent measures described in § 648.151 or unless this time period is adjusted pursuant to the procedures in § 648.142. However, possession of black sea bass harvested from state waters outside of this season is allowed for state-only permitted vessels when transiting Federal waters within the Block Island Sound Transit Area provided they follow the provisions at § 648.151 and abide by state regulations.
[88 FR 55419, Aug. 15, 2023]