50 C.F.R. 50 CFR--PART 679
Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries
Effective Date(s): January 20, 2008 4. In §679.7, paragraph (m) is added to read as follows: * * * * * (m) Prohibitions specific to GRS. It is unlawful for the owner or operator of a catcher/processor that is 125 ft (38.1 m) LOA or longer and not listed in §679.4(l)(2)(i) and using trawl gear in the BSAI to: (1) Retain an amount of groundfish during a fishing year that is less than the amount of groundfish required to be retained under the GRS program described at §679.27(j). (2) Fail to submit, submit inaccurate information, or intentionally submit false information on any report, application or statement required under this part. (3) Process or discard any catch not weighed on a NMFS-approved scale that complies with the requirements of §679.28(b). Catch must not be sorted before it is weighed and each haul must be available to be sampled by an observer for species composition. (4) Process any groundfish without an observer sampling station that complies with §679.28(d). (5) Combine catch from two or more hauls. (6) Receive deliveries of unsorted catch at any time during a fishing year without complying with §679.27(j)(3) if the vessel is required to comply with §679.27(j)(1) at any time during the same fishing year. * * * * *
Amendment from April 06, 2006
50 CFR--PART 679
Amendment(s) published April 6, 2006, in 71 FR 17381
§ 679.7 Prohibitions.
