Part 648 — Fisheries of the Northeastern United States
Subpart A — General Provisions
- § 648.1— Purpose and scope.
- § 648.2— Definitions.
- § 648.3— Relation to other laws.
- § 648.4— Vessel permits.
- § 648.5— Operator permits.
- § 648.6— Dealer/processor permits.
- § 648.7— Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
- § 648.8— Vessel identification.
- § 648.9— VMS vendor and unit requirements.
- § 648.10— VMS and DAS requirements for vessel owners/operators.
- § 648.11— Monitoring coverage.
- § 648.12— Experimental fishing.
- § 648.13— Transfers at sea.
- § 648.14— Prohibitions.
- § 648.15— Facilitation of enforcement.
- § 648.16— Penalties.
- § 648.17— Exemptions for vessels fishing in the NAFO Regulatory Area.
- § 648.18— Standardized bycatch reporting methodology.
Subpart B — Management Measures for the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries
- § 648.20— Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) control rules.
- § 648.21— Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council risk policy.
- § 648.22— Mackerel, squid, and butterfish specifications.
- § 648.23— Mackerel, squid, and butterfish gear restrictions.
- § 648.24— Fishery closures and accountability measures.
- § 648.25— Mackerel, squid, and butterfish framework adjustments to management measures.
- § 648.26— Mackerel, squid, and butterfish possession restrictions.
Subpart C — Management Measures for Atlantic Salmon
Subpart D — Management Measures for the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery
- § 648.50— Shell-height standard.
- § 648.51— Gear and crew restrictions.
- § 648.52— Possession and landing limits.
- § 648.53— Overfishing limit (OFL), acceptable biological catch (ABC), annual catch limits (ACL), annual catch targets (ACT), annual projected landings (APL), DAS allocations, and individual fishing quotas (IFQ).
- § 648.54— State waters exemption.
- § 648.55— Specifications and framework adjustments to management measures.
- § 648.56— Scallop research.
- § 648.59— Sea Scallop Rotational Area Management Program and Access Area Program requirements.
- § 648.60— Sea Scallop Rotational Areas.
- § 648.62— Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) Management Program.
- § 648.63— General category Sectors and harvesting cooperatives.
- § 648.64— Flounder Stock sub-ACLs and AMs for the scallop fishery.
Subpart E — Management Measures for the Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries
- § 648.70— Surfclam and ocean quahog Annual Catch Limit (ACL).
- § 648.71— Surfclam and ocean quahog Annual Catch Targets (ACT).
- § 648.72— Surfclam and ocean quahog specifications.
- § 648.73— Surfclam and ocean quahog Accountability Measures.
- § 648.74— Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) Program.
- § 648.75— Shucking at sea and minimum surfclam size.
- § 648.76— Closed areas.
- § 648.77— Cage identification.
- § 648.78— Maine mahogany quahog zone.
- § 648.79— Surfclam and ocean quahog framework adjustments to management measures.
Subpart F — Management Measures for the NE Multispecies and Monkfish Fisheries
- § 648.80— NE Multispecies regulated mesh areas and restrictions on gear and methods of fishing.
- § 648.81— NE multispecies year-round and seasonal closed areas.
- § 648.82— Effort-control program for NE multispecies vessels.
- § 648.83— Multispecies minimum fish sizes.
- § 648.84— Gear-marking requirements and gear restrictions.
- § 648.85— Special management programs.
- § 648.86— NE Multispecies commercial possession restrictions.
- § 648.87— Sector allocation.
- § 648.88— Multispecies stock area definitions.
- § 648.89— Recreational and charter/party vessel restrictions.
- § 648.90— NE multispecies assessment, framework procedures and specifications, and flexible area action system.
- § 648.91— Monkfish regulated mesh areas and restrictions on gear and methods of fishing.
- § 648.92— Effort-control program for monkfish limited access vessels.
- § 648.93— Monkfish minimum fish sizes.
- § 648.94— Monkfish possession and landing restrictions.
- § 648.95— Offshore Fishery Program in the SFMA.
- § 648.96— FMP review, specification, and framework adjustment process.
- § 648.97— Closed areas.
Subpart G — Management Measures for the Summer Flounder Fisheries
- § 648.100— Summer flounder Annual Catch Limit (ACL).
- § 648.101— Summer flounder Annual Catch Target (ACT).
- § 648.102— Summer flounder specifications.
- § 648.103— Summer flounder accountability measures.
- § 648.104— Summer flounder size requirements.
- § 648.105— Summer flounder recreational fishing season.
- § 648.106— Summer flounder possession restrictions.
- § 648.107— Conservation equivalent measures for the summer flounder fishery.
- § 648.108— Summer flounder gear restrictions.
- § 648.109— Sea turtle conservation.
- § 648.110— Summer flounder framework adjustments to management measures.
- § 648.111— Block Island Sound Transit Area.
Subpart H — Management Measures for the Scup Fishery
- § 648.120— Scup Annual Catch Limit (ACL).
- § 648.121— Scup Annual Catch Target (ACT).
- § 648.122— Scup specifications.
- § 648.123— Scup accountability measures.
- § 648.124— Scup commercial season and commercial fishery area restrictions.
- § 648.125— Scup gear restrictions.
- § 648.126— Scup minimum fish sizes.
- § 648.127— Scup recreational fishing season.
- § 648.128— Scup possession restrictions.
- § 648.129— Protection of threatened and endangered sea turtles.
- § 648.130— Scup framework adjustments to management measures.
- § 648.131— Block Island Sound Transit Area.
Subpart I — Management Measures for the Black Sea Bass Fishery
- § 648.140— Black sea bass Annual Catch Limit (ACL).
- § 648.141— Black sea bass Annual Catch Target (ACT).
- § 648.142— Black sea bass specifications.
- § 648.143— Black sea bass accountability measures.
- § 648.144— Black sea bass gear restrictions.
- § 648.145— Black sea bass possession limit.
- § 648.146— Black sea bass recreational fishing season.
- § 648.147— Black sea bass size requirements.
- § 648.148— Special management zones.
- § 648.149— Black sea bass framework adjustments to management measures.
- § 648.150— Block Island Sound Transit Zone.
- § 648.151— Black sea bass conservation equivalency.
Subpart J — Management Measures for the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery
- § 648.160— Bluefish Annual Catch Limit (ACL).
- § 648.161— Bluefish Sector ACLs and Annual Catch Targets (ACTs).
- § 648.162— Bluefish specifications.
- § 648.163— Bluefish Accountability Measures (AMs).
- § 648.164— Bluefish possession restrictions.
- § 648.165— Bluefish minimum fish sizes.
- § 648.166— Bluefish gear restrictions.
- § 648.167— Bluefish framework adjustment to management measures.
Subpart K — Management Measures for the Atlantic Herring Fishery
Subpart L — Management Measures for the Spiny Dogfish Fishery
- § 648.230— Spiny dogfish Annual Catch Limits (ACLs).
- § 648.231— Spiny dogfish Annual Catch Target (ACT) and Total Allowable Level of Landings (TAL).
- § 648.232— Spiny dogfish specifications.
- § 648.233— Spiny dogfish Accountability Measures (AMs).
- § 648.234— Gear restrictions.
- § 648.235— Spiny dogfish possession and landing restrictions.
- § 648.239— Spiny dogfish framework adjustments to management measures.
Subpart M — Management Measures for the Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Fishery
Subpart N — Management Measures for the Golden Tilefish and Blueline Tilefish Fisheries
- § 648.290— Tilefish Annual Catch Limits (ACL).
- § 648.291— Tilefish Annual Catch Targets (ACT).
- § 648.292— Tilefish specifications.
- § 648.293— Tilefish accountability measures.
- § 648.294— Golden tilefish individual fishing quota (IFQ) program.
- § 648.295— Tilefish commercial trip limits and landing condition.
- § 648.296— Tilefish recreational possession limits and gear restrictions.
- § 648.297— Tilefish gear restricted areas.
- § 648.299— Tilefish framework specifications.