[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: 50CFR300.24]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
        CHAPTER III--INTERNATIONAL FISHING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
 
PART 300_INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C_Pacific Tuna Fisheries
 
Sec. 300.24  Prohibitions.

    In addition to the prohibitions in Sec. 300.4, it is unlawful for 
any person or vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States 
to:
    (a) Land any species of tuna during the closed season for that 
species in excess of the amount allowed by the Regional Administrator.
    (b) Fish on floating objects in the Convention Area using any gear 
type specified by the Regional Administrator's notification of closure 
issued under Sec. 300.25;
    (c) Use tender vessels in the Convention Area.
    (d) Transship purse seine-caught tuna at sea within the Convention 
Area.
    (e) Fail to retain any bigeye, skipjack, or yellowfin tuna brought 
on board a purse seine vessel in the Convention Area, except fish unfit 
for human consumption due to spoilage, and except on the last set of the 
trip if the well capacity is filled;
    (f) When using purse seine gear to fish for tuna in the Convention 
Area, fail to release any non-tuna species as soon as practicable after 
being identified on board the vessel during the brailing operation;
    (g) Land any non-tuna fish species taken in a purse seine set in the 
Convention Area;
    (h) Fail to use the sea turtle handling, release, and resuscitation 
procedures in Sec. 300.25(e); or
    (i) Fail to report information when requested by the Regional 
Administrator under Sec. 300.22.

[61 FR 35550, July 5, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 29133, May 28, 1999; 64 
FR 44430, Aug. 16, 1999; 66 FR 49320, Sept. 27, 2001. Redesignated and 
amended at 69 FR 67277, Nov. 17, 2004]