1998 CFR Title 50, Volume 3

Title 50--Wildlife and Fisheries CHAPTER VI--FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PART 648--FISHERIES OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
	648.1	Purpose and scope.
	648.2	Definitions.
	648.3	Relation to other laws.
	648.4	Vessel and individual commercial permits.
	648.5	Operator permits.
	648.6	Dealer/processor permits.
	648.7	Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
	648.7	Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
	648.8	Vessel identification.
	648.9	VTS requirements.
	648.10	DAS notification requirements.
	648.11	At-sea sea sampler/observer coverage.
	648.12	Experimental fishing.
	648.13	Transfers at sea.
	648.14	Prohibitions.
	648.14	Prohibitions.
	648.14	Prohibitions.
	648.15	Facilitation of enforcement.
	648.16	Penalties.
	648.17	Exemptions for vessels fishing in the NAFO Regulatory Area for Multispecies vessels.
	648.20	Maximum optimum yield (OYs).
	648.21	Procedures for determining initial annual amounts.
	648.22	Closure of the fishery.
	648.23	Gear restrictions.
	648.40	Prohibition on possession.
	648.50	Shell-height standard.
	648.51	Gear and crew restrictions.
	648.52	Possession limits.
	648.53	DAS allocations.
	648.54	State waters exemption.
	648.55	Framework specifications.
	648.56	Scallop research project.
	648.57	Closed areas.
	648.70	Annual individual allocations.
	648.71	Catch quotas.
	648.72	Minimum surf clam size.
	648.73	Closed areas.
	648.74	Shucking at sea.
	648.75	Cage identification.
	648.76	Maine mahogany quahog zone.
	648.80	Regulated mesh areas and restrictions on gear and methods of fishing.
	648.81	Closed areas.
	648.82	Effort-control program for limited access vessels.
	648.83	Minimum fish sizes.
	648.84	Gear-marking requirements and gear restrictions.
	648.85	Flexible Area Action System.
	648.86	Possession restrictions.
	648.87	Gillnet requirements to reduce or prevent marine mammal takes.
	648.88	Open access permit restrictions.
	648.89	Recreational and charter/party restrictions.
	648.90	Framework specifications.
	648.100	Catch quotas and other restrictions.
	648.101	Closures.
	648.102	Time restrictions.
	648.103	Minimum fish sizes.
	648.104	Gear restrictions.
	648.105	Possession restrictions.
	648.106	Sea turtle conservation.
	648.120	Catch quotas and other restrictions.
	648.121	Closures.
	648.122	Season and area restrictions.
	648.123	Gear restrictions.
	648.124	Minimum fish sizes.
	648.125	Possession limit.
	648.126	Protection of threatened and endangered sea turtles.
	648.140	Catch quotas and other restrictions.
	648.141	Closure.
	648.142	Time restrictions.
	648.143	Minimum sizes.
	648.144	Gear restrictions.
	648.145	Possession limit.
	648.146	Special management zones.
	648.160	Fishing year.
	648.161	Possession limit.
	648.162	Catch monitoring, commercial controls, and gear restrictions.
	648.163	Closure of the fishery.