Authorized gear.

  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. Golden Crab Fishery of the South Atlantic Region
  7. Authorized gear.

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§ 622.248 Authorized gear.

(a) Traps. Traps are the only fishing gear authorized in directed fishing for golden crab in the South Atlantic EEZ. Golden crab in or from the South Atlantic EEZ may not be retained on board a vessel possessing or using unauthorized gear.

(b) Buoy line or mainline. Rope is the only material allowed to be used for a buoy line or mainline attached to a golden crab trap.


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