[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: 50CFR635.22]

[Page 238-239]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 635--ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C--Management Measures
 
Sec. 635.22  Recreational retention limits.

    (a) General. Recreational retention limits apply to a longbill 
spearfish taken or possessed shoreward of the outer boundary of the 
Atlantic EEZ, to a shark taken from or possessed in the Atlantic EEZ, 
and to a yellowfin tuna taken from or possessed in the Atlantic Ocean. 
The operator of a vessel for which a retention limit applies is 
responsible for the vessel retention limit and the cumulative retention 
limit based on the number of persons aboard. Federal recreational 
retention limits may not be combined with any recreational retention 
limit applicable in state waters. The recreational retention limit for 
sharks applies to a person who fishes in any manner, except to a person 
aboard a vessel who has been issued a vessel permit under Sec. 635.4 for 
Atlantic sharks. The recreational retention limit for yellowfin tuna 
applies to a person who fishes in any manner, except to a person aboard 
a vessel who has been issued a vessel permit under Sec. 635.4 for 
Atlantic tunas in any category other than Angling or Charter/Headboat.
    (b) Billfish. No longbill spearfish from the management unit may be 
possessed

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shoreward of the outer boundary of the EEZ.
    (c) Sharks. One shark from either the large coastal, small coastal 
or pelagic group may be retained per vessel per trip, subject to the 
size limits described in Sec. 635.20(e), and, in addition, one Atlantic 
sharpnose shark may be retained per person per trip. Regardless of the 
length of a trip, no more than one Atlantic sharpnose shark per person 
may be possessed on board a vessel. No prohibited sharks listed in table 
1(d) of appendix A to this part may be retained.
    (d) Yellowfin tuna. Three yellowfin tunas per person per day may be 
retained. Regardless of the length of a trip, no more than three 
yellowfin tuna per person may be possessed on board a vessel.

[64 FR 29135, May 28, 1999, as amended at 64 FR 37704, July 13, 1999; 66 
FR 8904, Feb. 5, 2001]