50 CFR § 665.206 - Gear restrictions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s665.206"
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title: "50 CFR § 665.206 - Gear restrictions."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "665.206"
section_name: "Gear restrictions."
chapter_name: "FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
part_number: "665"
part_name: "FISHERIES IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 1801"
regulatory_source: "75 FR 2205, Jan. 14, 2010, unless otherwise noted."
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# 665.206 Gear restrictions.

(a) *Bottom trawls and bottom set gillnets.* Fishing for Hawaii bottomfish MUS or ECS, or seamount groundfish MUS with bottom trawls and bottom set gillnets is prohibited.

(b) *Possession of gear.* Possession of a bottom trawl and bottom set gillnet by any vessel having a permit under § 665.203 or otherwise established to be fishing for Hawaii bottomfish MUS or ECS, or seamount groundfish MUS in the management subareas is prohibited.

(c) *Poisons and explosives.* The possession or use of any poisons, explosives, or intoxicating substances for the purpose of harvesting Hawaii bottomfish MUS or ECS, or seamount groundfish MUS is prohibited.

[84 FR 2772, Feb. 8, 2019]