[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR622.1]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 622--FISHERIES OF THE CARIBBEAN, GULF, AND SOUTH ATLANTIC--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 622.1  Purpose and scope.


    (a) The purpose of this part is to implement the FMPs prepared under 
the Magnuson Act by the CFMC, GMFMC, and/or SAFMC listed in Table 1 of 
this section.
    (b) This part governs conservation and management of species 
included in the FMPs in or from the Caribbean, Gulf, Mid-Atlantic, or 
South Atlantic EEZ, as indicated in Table 1 of this section. For the 
FMPs noted in the following table, conservation and management extends 
to adjoining state waters for the purposes of data collection and 
monitoring.

                                    Table 1--FMPs Implemented Under Part 622
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                                             Responsible fishery management
               FMP title                               council(s)                        Geographical area
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Atlantic Coast Red Drum FMP             SAFMC                                     Mid-Atlantic and South
                                                                                   Atlantic.
FMP for Coastal Migratory Pelagic       GMFMC/SAFMC                               Gulf,\1\ Mid-Atlantic 1, 2 and
 Resources.                                                                        South Atlantic.1, 3
FMP for Coral and Coral Reefs of the    GMFMC                                     Gulf.
 Gulf of Mexico.
FMP for Coral, Coral Reefs, and Live/   SAFMC                                     South Atlantic.
 Hard Bottom Habitats of the South
 Atlantic Region.
FMP for Corals and Reef Associated      CFMC                                      Caribbean.
 Plants and Invertebrates of Puerto
 Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
FMP for the Golden Crab Fishery of the  SAFMC                                     South Atlantic
 South Atlantic Region.
FMP for Queen Conch Resources of        CFMC                                      Caribbean.
 Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin
 Islands.
FMP for the Red Drum Fishery of the     GMFMC                                     Gulf.1
 Gulf of Mexico.
FMP for the Reef Fish Fishery of        CFMC                                      Caribbean.
 Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin
 Islands.
FMP for the Reef Fish Resources of the  GMFMC                                     Gulf.1
 Gulf of Mexico.
FMP for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf  GMFMC                                     Gulf.1
 of Mexico.
FMP for the Shrimp Fishery of the       SAFMC                                     South Atlantic.
 South Atlantic Region.
FMP for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of  SAFMC                                     South Atlantic.1, 4
 the South Atlantic Region.
FMP for the Spiny Lobster Fishery of    CFMC                                      Caribbean.
 Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin
 Islands.
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\1\ Regulated area includes adjoining state waters for purposes of data collection and quota monitoring.
\2\ Only king and Spanish mackerel and cobia are managed under the FMP in the Mid-Atlantic.
\3\ Bluefish are not managed under the FMP in the South Atlantic.

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\4\ Bank, rock, and black sea bass and scup are not managed by the FMP or regulated by this part north of 35
  deg.15.19[min] N. lat., the latitude of Cape Hatteras Light, NC.

[61 FR 34934, July 3, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 43956, Aug. 27, 1996; 61 
FR 65483, Dec. 13, 1996; 63 FR 10565, Mar. 4, 1998; 67 FR 22362, May 3, 
2002]