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50 CFR 622.222: Prohibited gear and methods.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries
- CHAPTER VI—FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
- PART 622—FISHERIES OF THE CARIBBEAN, GULF OF AMERICA, AND SOUTH ATLANTIC
- Subpart K—Coral, Coral Reefs, and Live/Hard Bottom Habitats of the South Atlantic Region
Also see § 622.9 for additional prohibited gear and methods that apply more broadly to multiple fisheries or in some cases all fisheries.
(a) Power-assisted tools. A power-assisted tool may not be used in the South Atlantic EEZ to take allowable octocoral, prohibited coral, or live rock.
(b) [Reserved]
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