50 C.F.R. § 300.24 Prohibitions.
Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries
In addition to the prohibitions in §300.4, it is unlawful for any person or vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to: (a) Land any species of tuna during the closed season for that species in excess of the amount allowed by the Regional Administrator. (b) Fish on floating objects in the Convention Area using any gear type specified by the Regional Administrator's notification of closure issued under §300.25; (c) Use tender vessels in the Convention Area. (d) Transship purse seine-caught tuna at sea within the Convention Area. (e) Fail to retain any bigeye, skipjack, or yellowfin tuna brought on board a purse seine vessel in the Convention Area, except fish unfit for human consumption due to spoilage, and except on the last set of the trip if the well capacity is filled; (f) When using purse seine gear to fish for tuna in the Convention Area, fail to release any non-tuna species as soon as practicable after being identified on board the vessel during the brailing operation; (g) Land any non-tuna fish species taken in a purse seine set in the Convention Area; (h) Fail to use the sea turtle handling, release, and resuscitation procedures in §300.25(e); or (i) Fail to report information when requested by the Regional Administrator under §300.22. [61 FR 35550, July 5, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 29133, May 28, 1999; 64 FR 44430, Aug. 16, 1999; 66 FR 49320, Sept. 27, 2001. Redesignated and amended at 69 FR 67277, Nov. 17, 2004]
Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries
PART 300—INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES REGULATIONS
Subpart C—Pacific Tuna Fisheries
§ 300.24 Prohibitions.
