50 CFR Part 648
PART 648—FISHERIES OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
- PART 648—FISHERIES OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
- Chapter VI—Fishery Conservation and Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Subpart A—General Provisions
- § 648.1 Purpose and scope.
- § 648.2 Definitions.
- § 648.3 Relation to other laws.
- § 648.4 Vessel permits.
- § 648.5 Operator permits.
- § 648.6 Dealer/processor permits.
- § 648.7 Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
- § 648.8 Vessel identification.
- § 648.9 VMS vendor and unit requirements.
- § 648.10 VMS and DAS requirements for vessel owners/operators.
- § 648.11 Monitoring coverage.
- § 648.12 Experimental fishing.
- § 648.13 Transfers at sea.
- § 648.14 Prohibitions.
- § 648.15 Facilitation of enforcement.
- § 648.16 Penalties.
- § 648.17 Exemptions for vessels fishing in the NAFO Regulatory Area.
- § 648.18 Standardized bycatch reporting methodology.
- Subpart B—Management Measures for the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries
- § 648.20 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) control rules.
- § 648.21 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council risk policy.
- § 648.22 Mackerel, squid, and butterfish specifications.
- § 648.23 Mackerel, squid, and butterfish gear restrictions.
- § 648.24 Fishery closures and accountability measures.
- § 648.25 Mackerel, squid, and butterfish framework adjustments to management measures.
- § 648.26 Mackerel, squid, and butterfish possession restrictions.
- Subpart C—Management Measures for Atlantic Salmon
- § 648.40 Prohibition on possession.
- § 648.41 Framework specifications.
- Subpart D—Management Measures for the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery
- § 648.50 Shell-height standard.
- § 648.51 Gear and crew restrictions.
- § 648.52 Possession and landing limits.
- § 648.53 Overfishing limit (OFL), acceptable biological catch (ABC), annual catch limits (ACL), annual catch targets (ACT), annual projected landings (APL), DAS allocations, and individual fishing quotas (IFQ).
- § 648.54 State waters exemption.
- § 648.55 Specifications and framework adjustments to management measures.
- § 648.56 Scallop research.
- §§ 648.57-648.58 [Reserved]
- § 648.59 Sea Scallop Rotational Area Management Program and Access Area Program requirements.
- § 648.60 Sea Scallop Rotational Areas.
- § 648.61 [Reserved]
- § 648.62 Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) Management Program.
- § 648.63 General category Sectors and harvesting cooperatives.
- § 648.64 Flounder Stock sub-ACLs and AMs for the scallop fishery.
- § 648.65 [Reserved]
- Subpart E—Management Measures for the Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries
- § 648.70 Surfclam and ocean quahog Annual Catch Limit (ACL).
- § 648.71 Surfclam and ocean quahog Annual Catch Targets (ACT).
- § 648.72 Surfclam and ocean quahog specifications.
- § 648.73 Surfclam and ocean quahog Accountability Measures.
- § 648.74 Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) Program.
- § 648.75 Shucking at sea and minimum surfclam size.
- § 648.76 Closed areas.
- § 648.77 Cage identification.
- § 648.78 Maine mahogany quahog zone.
- § 648.79 Surfclam and ocean quahog framework adjustments to management measures.
- Subpart F—Management Measures for the NE Multispecies and Monkfish Fisheries
- § 648.80 NE Multispecies regulated mesh areas and restrictions on gear and methods of fishing.
- § 648.81 NE multispecies year-round and seasonal closed areas.
- § 648.82 Effort-control program for NE multispecies vessels.
- § 648.83 Multispecies minimum fish sizes.
- § 648.84 Gear-marking requirements and gear restrictions.
- § 648.85 Special management programs.
- § 648.86 NE Multispecies commercial possession restrictions.
- § 648.87 Sector allocation.
- § 648.88 Multispecies stock area definitions.
- § 648.89 Recreational and charter/party vessel restrictions.
- § 648.90 NE multispecies assessment, framework procedures and specifications, and flexible area action system.
- § 648.91 Monkfish regulated mesh areas and restrictions on gear and methods of fishing.
- § 648.92 Effort-control program for monkfish limited access vessels.
- § 648.93 Monkfish minimum fish sizes.
- § 648.94 Monkfish possession and landing restrictions.
- § 648.95 Offshore Fishery Program in the SFMA.
- § 648.96 FMP review, specification, and framework adjustment process.
- § 648.97 Closed areas.
- Subpart G—Management Measures for the Summer Flounder Fisheries
- § 648.100 Summer flounder Annual Catch Limit (ACL).
- § 648.101 Summer flounder Annual Catch Target (ACT).
- § 648.102 Summer flounder specifications.
- § 648.103 Summer flounder accountability measures.
- § 648.104 Summer flounder size requirements.
- § 648.105 Summer flounder recreational fishing season.
- § 648.106 Summer flounder possession restrictions.
- § 648.107 Conservation equivalent measures for the summer flounder fishery.
- § 648.108 Summer flounder gear restrictions.
- § 648.109 Sea turtle conservation.
- § 648.110 Summer flounder framework adjustments to management measures.
- § 648.111 Block Island Sound Transit Area.
- Subpart H—Management Measures for the Scup Fishery
- § 648.120 Scup Annual Catch Limit (ACL).
- § 648.121 Scup Annual Catch Target (ACT).
- § 648.122 Scup specifications.
- § 648.123 Scup accountability measures.
- § 648.124 Scup commercial season and commercial fishery area restrictions.
- § 648.125 Scup gear restrictions.
- § 648.126 Scup minimum fish sizes.
- § 648.127 Scup recreational fishing season.
- § 648.128 Scup possession restrictions.
- § 648.129 Protection of threatened and endangered sea turtles.
- § 648.130 Scup framework adjustments to management measures.
- § 648.131 Block Island Sound Transit Area.
- Subpart I—Management Measures for the Black Sea Bass Fishery
- § 648.140 Black sea bass Annual Catch Limit (ACL).
- § 648.141 Black sea bass Annual Catch Target (ACT).
- § 648.142 Black sea bass specifications.
- § 648.143 Black sea bass accountability measures.
- § 648.144 Black sea bass gear restrictions.
- § 648.145 Black sea bass possession limit.
- § 648.146 Black sea bass recreational fishing season.
- § 648.147 Black sea bass size requirements.
- § 648.148 Special management zones.
- § 648.149 Black sea bass framework adjustments to management measures.
- § 648.150 Block Island Sound Transit Zone.
- § 648.151 Black sea bass conservation equivalency.
- Subpart J—Management Measures for the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery
- § 648.160 Bluefish Annual Catch Limit (ACL).
- § 648.161 Bluefish Sector ACLs and Annual Catch Targets (ACTs).
- § 648.162 Bluefish specifications.
- § 648.163 Bluefish Accountability Measures (AMs).
- § 648.164 Bluefish possession restrictions.
- § 648.165 Bluefish minimum fish sizes.
- § 648.166 Bluefish gear restrictions.
- § 648.167 Bluefish framework adjustment to management measures.
- Subpart K—Management Measures for the Atlantic Herring Fishery
- § 648.200 Specifications.
- § 648.201 AMs and harvest controls.
- § 648.202 Season and area restrictions.
- § 648.203 Gear restrictions.
- § 648.204 Possession restrictions.
- § 648.205 VMS requirements.
- § 648.206 Framework provisions.
- § 648.207 Herring Research Set-Aside (RSA).
- Subpart L—Management Measures for the Spiny Dogfish Fishery
- § 648.230 Spiny dogfish Annual Catch Limits (ACLs).
- § 648.231 Spiny dogfish Annual Catch Target (ACT) and Total Allowable Level of Landings (TAL).
- § 648.232 Spiny dogfish specifications.
- § 648.233 Spiny dogfish Accountability Measures (AMs).
- § 648.234 Gear restrictions.
- § 648.235 Spiny dogfish possession and landing restrictions.
- § 648.236 Special Management Zones. [Reserved]
- §§ 648.237-648.238 [Reserved]
- § 648.239 Spiny dogfish framework adjustments to management measures.
- Subpart M—Management Measures for the Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Fishery
- § 648.260 Specifications.
- § 648.261 Framework adjustment process.
- § 648.262 Accountability measures for red crab limited access vessels.
- § 648.263 Red crab possession and landing restrictions.
- § 648.264 Gear requirements/restrictions.
- Subpart N—Management Measures for the Golden Tilefish and Blueline Tilefish Fisheries
- § 648.290 Tilefish Annual Catch Limits (ACL).
- § 648.291 Tilefish Annual Catch Targets (ACT).
- § 648.292 Tilefish specifications.
- § 648.293 Tilefish accountability measures.
- § 648.294 Golden tilefish individual fishing quota (IFQ) program.
- § 648.295 Tilefish commercial trip limits and landing condition.
- § 648.296 Tilefish recreational possession limits and gear restrictions.
- § 648.297 Tilefish gear restricted areas.
- § 648.299 Tilefish framework specifications.
- Subpart O—Management Measures for the NE Skate Complex Fisheries
- § 648.320 Skate FMP review and monitoring.
- § 648.321 Framework adjustment process.
- § 648.322 Skate allocation, possession, and landing provisions.
- § 648.323 Accountability measures.
- Subpart P—Mid-Atlantic Forage Species
- § 648.350 Mid-Atlantic forage species landing limits.
- § 648.351 Mid-Atlantic forage species possession limits.
- § 648.352 Mid-Atlantic forage species framework measures.
- Subpart Q—Habitat-Related Management Measures
- § 648.370 Habitat Management Areas.
- § 648.371 Dedicated Habitat Research Areas.
- § 648.372 Frank R. Lautenberg Deep-Sea Coral Protection Area.
- § 648.373 New England Deep-Sea Coral Protection Areas
- Figure 1 to Part 648
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