50 CFR Part 635, Appendix A

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A. Large Coastal Sharks

Atlantic and Gulf of America blacktip, Carcharhinus limbatus

Bull, Carcharhinus leucas

Great hammerhead, Sphyrna mokarran

Lemon, Negaprion brevirostris

Nurse, Ginglymostoma cirratum

Sandbar, Carcharhinus plumbeus

Scalloped hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini

Silky, Carcharhinus falciformis

Smooth hammerhead, Sphyrna zygaena

Spinner, Carcharhinus brevipinna

Tiger, Galeocerdo cuvier

B. Small Coastal Sharks

Atlantic and Gulf of America Atlantic sharpnose, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae

Atlantic and Gulf of America blacknose, Carcharhinus acronotus

Atlantic and Gulf of America bonnethead, Sphyrna tiburo

Finetooth, Carcharhinus isodon

C. Pelagic Sharks

Blue, Prionace glauca

Porbeagle, Lamna nasus

Shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus

Thresher, Alopias vulpinus

D. Prohibited Sharks

Atlantic angel, Squatina dumeril

Basking, Cetorhinus maximus

Bigeye sand tiger, Odontaspis noronhai

Bigeye sixgill, Hexanchus nakamurai

Bigeye thresher, Alopias superciliosus

Bignose, Carcharhinus altimus

Caribbean reef, Carcharhinus perezii

Caribbean sharpnose, Rhizoprionodon porosus

Dusky, Carcharhinus obscurus

Galapagos, Carcharhinus galapagensis

Longfin mako, Isurus paucus

Narrowtooth, Carcharhinus brachyurus

Night, Carcharhinus signatus

Oceanic whitetip, Carcharhinus longimanus

Sand tiger, Carcharias taurus

Sevengill, Heptranchias perlo

Sixgill, Hexanchus griseus

Smalltail, Carcharhinus porosus

Whale, Rhincodon typus

White, Carcharodon carcharias

E. Smoothhound Sharks

Smooth dogfish, Mustelus canis

Florida smoothhound, Mustelus norrisi

Gulf smoothhound, Mustelus sinusmexicanus Mustelus species

[64 FR 29135, May 28, 1999, as amended at 71 FR 58174, Oct. 2, 2006; 75 FR 30528, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 70066, Nov. 10, 2011; 78 FR 40349, July 3, 2013; 80 FR 50102, Aug. 18, 2015; 80 FR 73146, Nov. 24, 2015; 89 FR 284, Jan. 3, 2024]