[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR7.27]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 7_SPECIAL REGULATIONS, AREAS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM--Table of 
Contents
 
Sec.  7.27  Fort Jefferson National Monument.

    (a) Fishing. No species of coral, shells, shellfish, seafan, 
sponges, sea anemones or other forms of marine life found in the waters 
of the Monument, shall be taken or disturbed in any manner, except that 
fish, crawfish, and the common species of conch, may be

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taken in accordance with paragraphs (a) (2) to (7) of this section.
    (1) Protection of turtles. Sea turtles and terrapins, turtle or 
terrapin nests and their eggs shall not be taken, disturbed or molested 
at any time.
    (2) Crawfish (Panulirus argus), Florida Lobster, Langouste.
    (i) The limit of catch of crawfish shall be two per person per day, 
except that the total for any one vessel having more than 12 persons 
aboard shall not exceed 25 crawfish.
    (ii) The taking or catching of crawfish for commercial purposes is 
prohibited at all times.
    (3) Conch (Strombus gigas). (i) The taking of Conchs shall be 
limited to the species (Strombus gigas), which is also known as Queen 
Conch or Pink Conch, and the limit per person, per day, is two Conch, 
except that the total for any vessel having more than 12 persons aboard 
shall not exceed twenty-five.
    (ii) The taking or catching of Conchs for commercial purposes is 
prohibited at all times.
    (4) Commercial fishing or shrimping or the taking of fish for the 
purpose of sale is prohibited in the area of the National Monument 
described as follows:

    Beginning at Pulaski Shoal Light at latitude 24[deg]41[min]36[sec] 
N., longitude 82[deg]46[min]23[sec] W., thence on a straight line to a 
point at latitude 24[deg]38[min]00[sec] N., longitude 
82[deg]48[min]00[sec] W.; thence on a straight line to buoy ``N2'' at 
latitude 24[deg]37[min]23[sec] N., longitude 82[deg]49[min]48[sec] W.; 
thence in a straight line to a buoy ``C1'' at latitude 
24[deg]35[min]35[sec] N., longitude 82[deg]52[min]19[sec] W.; thence in 
a straight line to buoy ``N8'' at latitude 24[deg]35[min]07[sec] N., 
longitude 82[deg]54[min]07[sec] W.; thence in a straight line to a buoy 
``N2'' at latitude 24[deg]35[min]06[sec] N., longitude 
82[deg]55[min]53[sec] W.; thence in a straight line to a buoy ``N10'' at 
latitude 24[deg]36[min]39[sec] N., longitude 82[deg]52[min]27[sec] W.; 
thence in a straight line to a point at latitude 24[deg]40[min]57[sec] 
N., longitude 82[deg]54[min]16[sec] W.; thence in a straight line to a 
point at latitude 24[deg]41[min]50[sec] N., longitude 
82[deg]53[min]10[sec] W.; thence in a straight line to a point at 
latitude 24[deg]42[min]22[sec] N., longitude 82[deg]51[min]50[sec] W.; 
thence in a straight line to a point at latitude 24[deg]42[min]53[sec] 
N., longitude 82[deg]49[min]34[sec] W.; thence in a straight line to a 
point at latitude 24[deg]42[min]44[sec] N., longitude 
82[deg]48[min]20[sec] W.; and thence in a straight line to the point of 
beginning at Pulaski Shoal Light.

    (5)(i) The taking of live bait in the area described in paragraph 
(a)(4) of this section is prohibited, except that minnows or 
``pilchers'' may be taken by sports fishermen by a cast net not to 
exceed 12 feet in diameter, or by hook and line, and that possession is 
limited to one day's supply.
    (ii) No bait shall be taken for the purpose of sale.
    (6) Closed waters: Marine life shall not be disturbed or taken from 
the moat or from waters within 500 feet of the moat wall at Garden Key, 
or from the cove bounded by Garden, Bush, and Long Keys north of the 5-
foot channel, except that sport fishing in deep water channels and from 
any pier within that area is permitted.
    (7) The use or possession of spears, gigs, or grains, within the 
boundaries of the National Monument, is prohibited at all times.
    (b) Designated anchorage. All vessels entering Tortugas Harbor in 
the vicinity of Garden Key shall anchor only in the designated anchorage 
area of Bird Key Harbor southwest of Garden Key, which is designated 
Anchorage Area 202.190 on U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 585, 
except that passenger-carrying vessels and yachts carrying visitors to 
historic Fort Jefferson may discharge passengers at the main docking 
area of Garden Key and may moor to the piers and anchor in the channel, 
harbor, or lagoons in the vicinity of Garden Key for not more than an 
eight hour period between sunrise and sunset by permission from the 
Superintendent or his representative.
    (c) Aircraft; designated landing areas. Aircraft may be landed in 
the waters within a radius of 1 nautical mile of the Fort situated at 
Garden Key, but approaches, landings, and takeoffs shall not be made 
within 300 yards of Bush Key. Seaplanes may be moored or brought up on 
land only on the beach north of the main pier at Garden Key. Helicopters 
may land at the helipads on the coaling docks.

[25 FR 7102, July 27, 1960, as amended at 29 FR 6155, May 9, 1964; 33 FR 
3227, Feb. 21, 1968]