[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: 50CFR697.26]

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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. 697.26  EEZ Nearshore Management Area 5 Trap Waiver.

    (a) Eligibility. Vessels eligible for limited access lobster permits 
under Sec.  697.4(a)(1) and limited access black sea bass permits under 
Sec. 648.4(a)(7)(i) of this chapter may request an Area 5 Trap Waiver 
Permit, under the procedures described in Sec. 697.4.
    (b) Restrictions. A vessel issued an Area 5 Trap Waiver permit under 
this section may engage in trap fishing for black sea bass in EEZ 
Nearshore Management Area 5 and is exempt from the provisions of 
Sec. 697.19 and Sec. 697.21 if such fishing is conducted in accordance 
with all other provisions of this section and all other Federal and 
state laws and regulations applicable to lobster and black sea bass 
fishing.
    (1) A vessel issued a permit under this section may retain, land and 
sell an incidental allowance of lobster equal to the non-trap harvest 
restrictions specified in Sec. 697.17(a).
    (2) A vessel issued a permit under this section may not possess on 
board or deploy bait or baited traps.

[66 FR 14502, Mar. 13, 2001]