[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: 50CFR648.53] [Page 346-347] TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PART 648--FISHERIES OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES--Table of Contents Subpart D--Management Measures for the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Sec. 648.53 DAS allocations. (a) Assignment to DAS categories. For each fishing year, each vessel issued a limited access scallop permit shall be assigned to the DAS category (full-time, part-time, or occasional) it was assigned to in the proceeding year. Limited access scallop permits will indicate which category the vessel is assigned to. Vessels are prohibited from fishing for, landing per trip, or possessing more than 400 lb (181.44 kg) of shucked, or 50 bu (17.62 hl) of in-shell scallops once their allocated number of [[Page 347]] DAS, as specified under paragraph (b) of this section, are used up. (b) DAS allocations. Each vessel qualifying for one of the three categories specified in paragraph (a) of this section shall be allocated, annually, the maximum number of DAS it may participate in the limited access scallop fishery, according to its category. A vessel whose owner/operator has declared it out of the scallop fishery, pursuant to the provisions of Sec. 648.10, or has used up its allocated DAS may leave port without being assessed a DAS, as long as it does not possess or land more than 400 lb (181.44 kg) of shucked or 50 bu (17.62 hl) of in-shell scallops and complies with the other requirements of this part. The annual allocations of DAS for each category of vessel for the fishing years indicated are as follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1999- 2000- 2001- 2002- 2003- 2004- 2005- 2006- 2007- DAS Category 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full-time 120 120 120 120 45 34 35 38 36 60 Part-time 48 48 48 48 18 14 14 15 17 24 Occasional 10 10 10 10 4 3 3 3 4 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (c) Adjustments in annual DAS allocations. Adjustments or changes in annual DAS allocations, if required to meet fishing mortality reduction goals, may be made following a reappraisal and analysis under the framework provisions specified in Sec. 648.55. (d) End-of-year carry-over. With the exception of vessels that held a Confirmation of Permit History as described in Sec. 648.4(a)(1)(i)(J) for the entire fishing year preceding the carry-over year, limited access vessels that have unused DAS on the last day of February of any year may carry over a maximum of 10 DAS into the next year. DAS sanctioned vessels will be credited with unused DAS based on their DAS allocation minus total DAS sanctioned. (e) Accrual of DAS. DAS shall accrue to the nearest minute. (f) Good Samaritan credit. Limited access vessels fishing under the DAS program and that spend time at sea assisting in a USCG search and rescue operation or assisting the USCG in towing a disabled vessel, and that can document the occurrence through the USCG, will not accrue DAS for the time documented. [61 FR 34968, July 3, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 14648, Mar. 27, 1997; 62 FR 15386, Apr. 1, 1997; 63 FR 11595, Mar. 10, 1998; 64 FR 14839, Mar. 29, 1999; 65 FR 11480, Mar. 3, 2000; 65 FR 37911, June 19, 2000; 66 FR 24057, May 11, 2001]