[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: 50CFR697.22]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 697--ATLANTIC COASTAL FISHERIES COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B--Management Measures
 
Sec. 697.22  Exempted fishing.

    The Regional Administrator may exempt any person or vessel from the 
requirements of this part for the conduct of exempted fishing beneficial 
to the management of the American lobster, weakfish, Atlantic striped 
bass, Atlantic sturgeon, or horseshoe crab resource or fishery, pursuant 
to the provisions of Sec. 600.745 of this chapter.
    (a) The Regional Administrator may not grant such exemption unless 
it is determined that the purpose, design, and administration of the 
exemption is consistent with the objectives of any applicable stock 
rebuilding program, the provisions of the ACFCMA, the Magnuson-Stevens 
Act, and other applicable law, and that granting the exemption will not:
    (1) Have a detrimental effect on the American lobster, Atlantic 
striped bass, weakfish, Atlantic sturgeon, or horseshoe crab resource or 
fishery; or
    (2) Create significant enforcement problems.
    (b) Each vessel participating in any exempted fishing activity is 
subject to all provisions of this part, except those explicitly relating 
to the purpose and nature of the exemption. The exemption will be 
specified in a letter issued by the Regional Administrator to each 
vessel participating in the exempted activity. This letter must be 
carried aboard the vessel seeking the benefit of such exemption. 
Exempted fishing activity shall be authorized pursuant to and consistent 
with Sec. 600.745 of this chapter.

[64 FR 68248, Dec. 6, 1999, as amended at 66 FR 8911, Feb. 5, 2001]

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