[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: 50CFR622.46]

[Page 203]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 622--FISHERIES OF THE CARIBBEAN, GULF, AND SOUTH ATLANTIC--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C--Management Measures
 
Sec. 622.46  Prevention of gear conflicts.

    (a) No person may knowingly place in the Gulf EEZ any article, 
including fishing gear, that interferes with fishing or obstructs or 
damages fishing gear or the fishing vessel of another; or knowingly use 
fishing gear in such a fashion that it obstructs or damages the fishing 
gear or fishing vessel of another.
    (b) In accordance with the procedures and restrictions of the FMP 
for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico, the RA may modify or 
establish separation zones for shrimp trawling and the use of fixed gear 
to prevent gear conflicts. Necessary prohibitions or restrictions will 
be published in the Federal Register.
    (c) In accordance with the procedures and restrictions of the FMP 
for Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources, when the RA determines that a 
conflict exists in the king mackerel fishery between hook-and-line and 
gillnet fishermen in the South Atlantic EEZ off the east coast of 
Florida between 27 deg.00.6[min] N. lat. and 27 deg.50.0[min] N. lat., 
the RA may prohibit or restrict the use of hook-and-line and/or gillnets 
in all or a portion of that area. Necessary prohibitions or restrictions 
will be published in the Federal Register.

[61 FR 34934, July 3, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 59126, Nov. 2, 1999]