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. Dolphin and Wahoo Fishery of the Atlantic
  7. Authorized gear.

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§ 622.272 Authorized gear.

Cross Reference
Link to an amendment published at 87 FR 19018, Apr. 1, 2022.

(a) Atlantic dolphin and wahoo -

(1) Authorized gear. The following are the only authorized gear types in the fisheries for dolphin and wahoo in the Atlantic EEZ: Automatic reel, bandit gear, handline, pelagic longline, rod and reel, and spearfishing gear (including powerheads). A person aboard a vessel in the Atlantic EEZ that has on board gear types other than authorized gear types may not possess a dolphin or wahoo.

(2) [Reserved]

(b) [Reserved]


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