[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: 50CFR648.1]

[Page 276]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 648--FISHERIES OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 648.1  Purpose and scope.


    (a) This part implements the fishery management plans (FMPs) for the 
Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish fisheries (Atlantic Mackerel, 
Squid, and Butterfish FMP); Atlantic salmon (Atlantic Salmon FMP); the 
Atlantic sea scallop fishery (Scallop FMP); the Atlantic surf clam and 
ocean quahog fisheries (Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog FMP); the 
Northeast multispecies fishery (Multispecies FMP); the monkfish fishery 
(Monkfish FMP); the summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries 
(Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP); the Atlantic bluefish 
fishery (Atlantic Bluefish FMP); the spiny dogfish fishery (Spiny 
Dogfish FMP); the Atlantic herring fishery (Atlantic Herring FMP); and 
the tilefish fishery (Tilefish FMP).These FMPs and the regulations in 
this part govern the conservation and management of the above named 
fisheries of the Northeastern United States.
    (b) This part governs domestic fishing only. Foreign fishing is 
governed under subpart F of part 600 of this chapter.

[61 FR 34968, July 3, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 43424, Aug. 23, 1996; 62 
FR 13299, Mar. 20, 1997; 65 FR 1568, Jan. 11, 2000; 65 FR 77464, Dec. 
11, 2000; 66 FR 49192, Sept. 26, 2001]