[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: 50CFR697.1]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 697--ATLANTIC COASTAL FISHERIES COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 697.1  Purpose and scope.


    The regulations in this part are issued under the authority of 
section 804(b) of the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management 
Act, 16 U.S.C. 5101 et seq., and section 6 of the Atlantic Striped Bass 
Conservation Act Appropriations Authorization, 16 U.S.C. 1851 note, and 
govern fishing in the EEZ on the Atlantic Coast for species covered by 
those acts.