[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: 50CFR640.25]

[Page 273]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 640--SPINY LOBSTER FISHERY OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND SOUTH ATLANTIC--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B--Management Measures
 
Sec. 640.25  Adjustment of management measures.

    In accordance with the framework procedure of the Fishery Management 
Plan for the Spiny Lobster Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico and South 
Atlantic, the RA may establish or modify the following items: 
definitions of essential fish habitat, Essential Fish Habitat-Habitat 
Areas of Particular Concern, Coral-Habitat Areas of Particular Concern, 
biomass levels, age-structured analyses, limits on the number of traps 
fished by each vessel, construction characteristics of traps, 
specification of gear and vessel identification requirements, 
specification of allowable or prohibited gear in a directed fishery, 
specification of bycatch levels in non-directed fisheries, changes to 
soak or removal periods and requirements for traps, recreational bag and 
possession limits, changes in fishing seasons, limitations on use, 
possession, and handling of undersized lobsters, and changes in minimum 
size.

[65 FR 37296, June 14, 2000]