50 CFR § 665.798 - Management area.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s665.798"
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title: "50 CFR § 665.798 - Management area."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "665.798"
section_name: "Management area."
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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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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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# 665.798 Management area.

The western Pacific Pelagic fishery management area includes all areas of fishing operations in the EEZ or on the high seas for any vessels of the United States or persons that:

(a) Fish for, possess, or transship western Pacific pelagic fishery MUS within the EEZ waters around American Samoa, CNMI, Guam, Hawaii, or PRIA; or

(b) Land western Pacific pelagic fishery MUS in American Samoa, CNMI, Guam, Hawaii, or PRIA.