[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: 50CFR648.88]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 648--FISHERIES OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart F--Management Measures for the NE Multispecies and Monkfish 
                                Fisheries
 
Sec. 648.88  Multispecies open access permit restrictions.

    (a) Handgear permit. Beginning August 1, 2002, NE multispecies open 
access Handgear permits shall not be issued to any vessel that has never 
been issued such permit, or has not submitted a complete application for 
such permit as of August 1, 2002. A vessel issued a valid open access NE 
multispecies Handgear permit is subject to the following restrictions:
    (1) Unless otherwise restricted under Sec. 648.86(h), the vessel may 
possess and land up to 200 lb (90.9 kg) of cod, haddock, and yellowtail 
flounder, combined, one Atlantic halibut, per trip, and unlimited 
amounts of the other NE multispecies, provided that the vessel does not 
use or possess on board gear other than rod and reel or handlines while 
in possession of, fishing for, or landing NE multispecies, and provided 
it has at least one standard tote on board.

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    (2) A vessel may not fish for, possess, or land regulated species 
from March 1 through March 20 of each year.
    (b) Charter/party permit. A vessel that has been issued a valid open 
access multispecies charter/party permit is subject to the additional 
restrictions on gear, recreational minimum fish sizes, possession 
limits, and prohibitions on sale specified in Sec. 648.89, and any other 
applicable provisions of this part.
    (c) Scallop multispecies possession limit permit. A vessel that has 
been issued a valid open access scallop multispecies possession limit 
permit may possess and land up to 300 lb (136.1 kg) of regulated species 
when fishing under a scallop DAS allocated under Sec. 648.53, provided 
the vessel does not fish for, possess, or land haddock from January 1 
through June 30, as specified under Sec. 648.86(a)(2)(i), and provided 
that the amount of yellowtail flounder on board the vessel does not 
exceed the trip limitations specified in Sec. 648.86(h) and provided the 
vessel has at least one standard tote on board.
    (d) Non-regulated multispecies permit. A vessel issued a valid open 
access nonregulated multispecies permit may possess and land one 
Atlantic halibut and unlimited amounts of the other nonregulated 
multispecies. The vessel is subject to restrictions on gear, area, and 
time of fishing specified in Sec. 648.80 and any other applicable 
provisions of this part.

[61 FR 34968, July 3, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 39910, July 31, 1996; 64 
FR 24078, May 5, 1999; 64 FR 31151, June 10, 1999; 64 FR 55827, Oct. 15, 
1999; 65 FR 380, Jan. 5, 2000; 65 FR 37917, June 19, 2000; 66 FR 24060, 
May 11, 2001; 67 FR 50322, Aug. 1, 2002]