[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR222.401]

[Page 134]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 222_GENERAL ENDANGERED AND THREATENED MARINE SPECIES--Table of
 
                     Subpart D_Observer Requirement
 
Sec. 222.401  Observer requirement.

    Source: 72 FR 43185, Aug. 3, 2007, unless otherwise noted.


    Any United States fishing vessel, either commercial or recreational, 
which operates within the territorial seas or exclusive economic zone of 
the United States or on the high seas, or any fishing vessel that is 
otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, operating in 
a fishery that is identified through the annual determination process 
specified in Sec. 222.402 must carry aboard a NMFS-approved observer 
upon request by the NMFS Assistant Administrator, in consultation with 
NMFS Regional Administrators and Science Center Directors, as 
appropriate. NMFS and/or interested cooperating entities will pay direct 
costs for the observer. Owners and operators must comply with observer 
safety requirements specified at 50 CFR 600.725 and 50 CFR 600.746 and 
the terms and conditions specified in the written notification.