{"data":{"id":"us/50-cfr-296.1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"50 CFR 296.1","heading":"Purpose.","body":"These regulations implement title IV of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978, as amended (title IV). Title IV establishes a Fishermen's Contingency Fund to compensate commercial fishermen for damage or loss caused by obstructions associated with oil and gas activities on the Outer Continental Shelf.","path":["Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries","CHAPTER II—NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","SUBCHAPTER K—CONTINENTAL SHELF","PART 296—FISHERMEN'S CONTINGENCY FUND"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-50.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:39Z","sha256":"4f09e036e2ce66e65c51829e28a4ac62d8d17a90f1d6e989f23f78532203577e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/50-cfr-270.23","next":"us/50-cfr-296.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}