Minimum mesh size applicable to rock shrimp off Georgia and Florida.

  1. Law
  2. CFR 50
  3. Wildlife and Fisheries
  4. Fishery Conservation and Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
  5. Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic
  6. -Shrimp Fishery of the South Atlantic Region
  7. Minimum mesh size applicable to rock shrimp off Georgia and Florida.

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§ 622.208 Minimum mesh size applicable to rock shrimp off Georgia and Florida.

(a) The minimum mesh size for the cod end of a rock shrimp trawl net in the South Atlantic EEZ off Georgia and Florida is 17⁄8 inches (4.8 cm), stretched mesh. This minimum mesh size is required in at least the last 40 meshes forward of the cod end drawstring (tie-off rings), and smaller-mesh bag liners are not allowed. A vessel that has a trawl net on board that does not meet these requirements may not possess a rock shrimp in or from the South Atlantic EEZ off Georgia and Florida.

(b) [Reserved]


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