{"data":{"id":"us/50-cfr-622.251","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"50 CFR 622.251","heading":"Annual catch limits (ACLs), annual catch targets (ACTs), and accountability measures (AMs).","body":"(a) Commercial sector. (1) If commercial landings for golden crab, as estimated by the SRD, reach or are projected to reach the ACL of 2 million lb (907,185 kg), round weight, the AA will file a notification with the Office of the Federal Register to close the golden crab fishery for the remainder of the fishing year. On and after the effective date of such a notification, all harvest, possession, sale, or purchase of golden crab in or from the South Atlantic EEZ is prohibited.\n(2) If commercial landings for golden crab, as estimated by the SRD, exceed the ACL, and the species is overfished based on the most recent Status of U.S. Fisheries Report to Congress, the AA will file a notification with the Office of the Federal Register to reduce the ACL in the following fishing year by the amount of the ACL overage in the prior fishing year.\n(b) [Reserved]","path":["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 L—Golden Crab Fishery of the South Atlantic Region"],"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":"d706cd6f703ae81723df6bc204bc3320b5278e936ff5d75dbaabacccff318b5e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/50-cfr-622.250","next":"us/50-cfr-622.252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}