[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: 50CFR224.104]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 224_ENDANGERED MARINE AND ANADROMOUS SPECIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 224.104  Special requirements for fishing activities to protect

endangered sea turtles.

    (a) Shrimp fishermen in the southeastern United States and the Gulf 
of Mexico who comply with rules for threatened sea turtles specified in 
Sec. 223.206 of this chapter will not be subject to civil penalties 
under the Act for incidental captures of endangered sea turtles by 
shrimp trawl gear.
    (b) Summer flounder fishermen in the Summer flounder fishery-sea 
turtle protection area who comply with rules for threatened sea turtles 
specified in Sec. 223.206 of this chapter will not be subject to civil 
penalties under the Act for incidental captures of endangered sea 
turtles by summer flounder gear.
    (c) Special prohibitions relating to sea turtles are provided at 
Sec. 223.206(d).

[64 FR 14066, Mar. 23, 1999, as amended at 66 FR 44552, Aug. 24, 2001; 
66 FR 67496, Dec. 31, 2001; 68 FR 8471, Feb. 21, 2003; 69 FR 18453, Apr. 
7, 2004; 72 FR 31757, June 8, 2007]

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