[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: 50CFR654.25]

[Page 457]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 654--STONE CRAB FISHERY OF THE GULF OF MEXICO--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B--Management Measures
 
Sec. 654.25  Prevention of gear conflicts.

    (a) No person may knowingly place in the management area any 
article, including fishing gear, that interferes with fishing or 
obstructs or damages fishing gear or the fishing vessel of another; or 
knowingly use fishing gear in such a fashion that it obstructs or 
damages the fishing gear or fishing vessel of another.
    (b) In accordance with the procedures and limitations of the Fishery 
Management Plan for the Stone Crab Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico, the 
Regional Director may modify or establish separation zones for shrimp 
trawling and the use of fixed gear as may be necessary and appropriate 
to prevent gear conflicts. Necessary prohibitions or restrictions will 
be published in the Federal Register.