[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: 50CFR660.64]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 660--FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES AND IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart E--Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fisheries
 
Sec. 660.64  Gear restrictions.

    (a) Bottom trawls and bottom set gillnets. Fishing for bottomfish 
and seamount groundfish with bottom trawls and bottom set gillnets is 
prohibited.
    (b) Possession of gear. Possession of a bottom trawl and bottom set 
gillnet by any vessel having a permit under Sec. 660.61 or otherwise 
established to be fishing for bottomfish or seamount groundfish in the 
management subareas is prohibited.

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    (c) Poisons and explosives. The possession or use of any poisons, 
explosives, or intoxicating substances for the purpose of harvesting 
bottomfish and seamount groundfish is prohibited.