[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: 50CFR622.7]

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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. 622.7  Prohibitions.

    In addition to the general prohibitions in Sec. 600.725 of this 
chapter, it is unlawful for any person to do any of the following:
    (a) Engage in an activity for which a valid Federal permit, license, 
or endorsement is required under Sec. 622.4 without such permit, 
license, or endorsement.
    (b) Falsify information on an application for a permit, license, or 
endorsement or submitted in support of such application, as specified in 
Sec.  622.4(b), (g), (p), (q), or (r) or in Sec. 622.18.
    (c) Fail to display a permit, license, or endorsement, as specified 
in Sec. 622.4(i).
    (d) Falsify or fail to maintain, submit, or provide information or 
fail to comply with inspection requirements or restrictions, as 
specified in Sec. 622.5(a) through (f).
    (e) Fail to make a fish, or parts thereof, available for inspection, 
as specified in Sec. 622.5(e).
    (f) Falsify or fail to display and maintain vessel and gear 
identification, as specified in Sec.  622.6(a) and (b) or 
Sec. 622.4(r)(11).
    (g) Fail to comply with any requirement or restriction regarding ITQ 
coupons, as specified in Sec. 622.15(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), or (c)(7).
    (h) Possess wreckfish as specified in Sec. 622.15(c)(4), receive 
wreckfish except as specified in Sec. 622.15(c)(7), or offload a

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wreckfish except as specified in Sec. 622.15 (d)(3) and (d)(4).
    (i) Transfer--
    (1) A wreckfish, as specified in Sec. 622.15(d)(1);
    (2) A limited-harvest species, as specified in Sec. 622.32(c) 
introductory text;
    (3) A species/species group subject to a bag limit, as specified 
Sec. 622.39(a)(1);
    (4) South Atlantic snapper-grouper from a vessel with unauthorized 
gear on board, as specified in Sec. 622.41(d)(2)(iii); or
    (5) A species subject to a commercial trip limit, as specified in 
Sec. 622.44.
    (j) Use or possess prohibited gear or methods or possess fish in 
association with possession or use of prohibited gear, as specified in 
Sec. 622.31.
    (k) Fish for, harvest, or possess a prohibited species, or a 
limited-harvest species in excess of its limitation, sell or purchase 
such species, fail to comply with release requirements, or molest or 
strip eggs from a Caribbean spiny lobster, as specified in Sec. 622.32.
    (l) Fish in violation of the prohibitions, restrictions, and 
requirements applicable to seasonal and/or area closures, including but 
not limited to: Prohibition of all fishing, gear restrictions, 
restrictions on take or retention of fish, fish release requirements, 
and restrictions on use of an anchor or grapple, as specified in 
Sec. 622.33, Sec. 622.34, or Sec. 622.35, or as may be specified under 
Sec. 622.46 (b) or (c).
    (m) Harvest, possess, offload, sell, or purchase fish in excess of 
the seasonal harvest limitations, as specified in Sec. 622.36.
    (n) Except as allowed under Sec. 622.37(c) (2) and (3) for king and 
Spanish mackerel, possess undersized fish, fail to release undersized 
fish, or sell or purchase undersized fish, as specified in Sec. 622.37.
    (o) Fail to maintain a fish intact through offloading ashore, as 
specified in Sec. 622.38.
    (p) Exceed a bag or possession limit, as specified in Sec. 622.39.
    (q) Fail to comply with the limitations on traps and pots, including 
but not limited to: Tending requirements, constructions requirements, 
and area specific restrictions, as specified in Sec. 622.40.
    (r) Fail to comply with the species-specific limitations, as 
specified in Sec. 622.41.
    (s) Fail to comply with the restrictions that apply after closure of 
a fishery, as specified in Sec. 622.43.
    (t) Possess on board a vessel or land, purchase, or sell fish in 
excess of the commercial trip limits, as specified in Sec. 622.44.
    (u) Fail to comply with the restrictions on sale/purchase, as 
specified in Sec. 622.45.
    (v) Interfere with fishing or obstruct or damage fishing gear or the 
fishing vessel of another, as specified in Sec. 622.46(a).
    (w) Fail to comply with the requirements for observer coverage as 
specified in Sec. 622.10.
    (x) Assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with a 
NMFS-approved observer aboard a vessel.
    (y) Prohibit or bar by command, impediment, threat, coercion, or 
refusal of reasonable assistance, an observer from conducting his or her 
duties aboard a vessel.
    (z) Fish for or possess golden crab in or from a fishing zone or 
sub-zone of the South Atlantic EEZ other than the zone or sub-zone for 
which the vessel is permitted or authorized, as specified in 
Sec. 622.17(b).
    (aa) Falsify information submitted regarding an application for 
testing a BRD, testing of a BRD, or the results of such testing, as 
specified in Sec. 622.41(g)(3)(i) or (h)(3).
    (bb) [Reserved]

[61 FR 34934, July 3, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 43957, Aug. 27, 1996; 61 
FR 48415, Sept. 13, 1996; 62 FR 67722, Dec. 30, 1997; 63 FR 38301, July 
16, 1998; 63 FR 57590, Oct. 28, 1998; 64 FR 37693, July 13, 1999; 64 FR 
43941, Aug. 12, 1999; 64 FR 68935, Dec. 9, 1999; 67 FR 22361, May 3, 
2002; 67 FR 43565, June 28, 2002]