Fishery Conservation and Management § 622.32
(b) Chemicals and plants. A toxic and a powerhead is prima facie evidence chemical may not be used or possessed that such fish was harvested by a in a coral area, and a chemical, plant, powerhead. or plant-derived toxin may not be used (h) Rebreathers and spearfishing gear. to harvest a Caribbean coral reef re- In the South Atlantic EEZ, a person source in the Caribbean EEZ. using a rebreather may not harvest (c) Fish traps. (1) A fish trap may not South Atlantic snapper-grouper with be used in the South Atlantic EEZ. spearfishing gear. The possession of (2) A fish trap may not be used or such snapper-grouper while in the possessed in the Gulf EEZ west of 85°30′ water with a rebreather is prima facie W. long. and, after February 7, 2007, evidence that such fish was harvested may not be used or possessed in the with spearfishing gear while using a re- Gulf EEZ. breather. (3) A fish trap used other than where (i) Sea bass pots. A sea bass pot may authorized in paragraph (c) (1) or (2) of not be used in the South Atlantic EEZ this section may be disposed of in any south of 28°35.1′ N. lat. (due east of the appropriate manner by the Assistant NASA Vehicle Assembly Building, Cape Administrator or an authorized officer. Canaveral, FL). A sea bass pot de- (d) Longlines for wreckfish. A bottom ployed in the EEZ south of 28°35.1′ N. longline may not be used to fish for lat. may be disposed of in any appro- wreckfish in the South Atlantic EEZ. priate manner by the Assistant Admin- A person aboard a vessel that has a istrator or an authorized officer. longline on board may not retain a (j) Spears and hooks. A spear, hook, or wreckfish in or from the South Atlan- similar device may not be used in the tic EEZ. For the purposes of this para- Caribbean EEZ to harvest a Caribbean graph, a vessel is considered to have a spiny lobster. The possession of a longline on board when a power-oper- speared, pierced, or punctured Carib- ated longline hauler, a cable of diame- bean spiny lobster in or from the Carib- ter suitable for use in the longline fish- bean EEZ is prima facie evidence of vio- ery longer than 1.5 mi (2.4 km) on any lation of this section. reel, and gangions are on board. Re- [61 FR 34934, July 3, 1996, as amended at 62 moval of any one of these three ele- FR 13987, Mar. 25, 1997; 63 FR 10567, Mar. 4, ments constitutes removal of a 1998; 63 FR 57590, Oct. 28, 1998] longline. EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: At 65 FR 56502, (e) Poisons. (1) A poison, drug, or Sept. 19, 2000, § 622.31 was amended by adding other chemical may not be used to fish paragraph (k), effective Sept. 14, 2000 for Caribbean reef fish in the Caribbean through Mar. 18, 2001. For the convenience of EEZ. the user, the added text follows: (2) A poison may not be used to take Gulf reef fish in the Gulf EEZ. § 622.31 Prohibited gear and methods. (3) A poison may not be used to fish for South Atlantic snapper-grouper in * * * * * the South Atlantic EEZ. (k) Traps for royal red shrimp in the (f) Power-assisted tools. A power-as- Gulf EEZ. A trap may not be used to sisted tool may not be used in the Car- fish for royal red shrimp in the Gulf ibbean EEZ to take a Caribbean coral EEZ. A trap used to fish for royal red reef resource or in the Gulf or South shrimp in the Gulf EEZ may be dis- Atlantic EEZ to take allowable posed of in any appropriate manner by octocoral, prohibited coral, or live the Assistant Administrator or an au- rock. thorized officer. (g) Powerheads. A powerhead may not be used in the Caribbean EEZ to har- § 622.32 Prohibited and limited-har- vest Caribbean reef fish or in the EEZ vest species. off South Carolina to harvest South (a) General. The harvest and posses- Atlantic snapper-grouper. The posses- sion restrictions of this section apply sion of a mutilated Caribbean reef fish without regard to whether the species in or from the Caribbean EEZ, or a mu- is harvested by a vessel operating tilated South Atlantic snapper-grouper under a commercial vessel permit. The in or from the EEZ off South Carolina, operator of a vessel that fishes in the
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