50 C.F.R. § 640.7 Prohibitions.
Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries
In addition to the general prohibitions specified in §620.7 of this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (a) Sell, trade, or barter, or attempt to sell, trade, or barter, a spiny lobster in or from the EEZ without a required license, certificate, or permit, as specified in §640.4(a)(1). (b) Falsify information specified in §640.4(b)(2) on an application for a permit. (c) Fail to display a permit, as specified in §640.4(h). (d) Falsify or fail to display and maintain vessel and gear identification, as required by §640.6 (a) and (b). (e) Possess a spiny lobster trap in the EEZ at a time not authorized, as specified in §640.20(b)(3)(i) and (b)(3)(ii). (f) Possess a spiny lobster in or from the EEZ at a time not authorized, as specified in §640.20(b)(4). (g) Fail to return immediately to the water a berried spiny lobster or slipper lobster; strip eggs from or otherwise molest a berried spiny lobster or slipper lobster; or possess a spiny lobster or slipper lobster, or part thereof, from which eggs, swimmerettes, or pleopods have been removed or stripped; as specified in §640.21(a). (h) Possess or fail to return immediately to the water unharmed a spiny lobster smaller than the minimum size limits specified in §640.21 (b)(1) and (b)(3), except as provided in §640.21(c). (i) Harvest or attempt to harvest a spiny lobster by diving without having and using in the water a measuring device, or fail to release an undersized spiny lobster in the water, as specified in §640.21(b)(2). (j) Possess an undersized spiny lobster for use as an attractant in a trap in quantities or under conditions not authorized in §640.21(c). (k) Possess a separated spiny lobster tail, except as specified in §640.21(d). (l) Possess a spiny lobster harvested by prohibited gear or methods; or possess on board a fishing vessel any dynamite or similar explosive substance; as specified in §640.20(b) and §640.22 (a)(1) and (a)(3). (m) Use or possess in the EEZ a spiny lobster trap that does not meet the requirements specified in §640.22(b)(1). (n) Pull or tend a spiny lobster trap other than during daylight hours, as specified in §640.22(b)(2). (o) Pull or tend another person's spiny lobster trap, except as authorized in §640.22(b)(3). (p) Possess spiny lobsters in or from the EEZ in an amount exceeding the daily bag and possession limit specified in §640.23 (a), (b)(1), or (b)(2) except as authorized in §640.23(b)(3) and (b)(4). (q) Possess spiny lobsters aboard a vessel that uses or has on board a net or trawl in an amount exceeding the limits, as specified in §640.23(b)(4). (r) Operate a vessel that fishes for or possesses spiny lobster in or from the EEZ with spiny lobster aboard in an amount exceeding the cumulative bag and possession limit, as specified in §640.23(d). (s) Transfer or receive at sea spiny lobster in or from the EEZ caught under the bag and possession limits, as specified in §640.23(e). (t) Interfere with, obstruct, delay, or prevent by any means an investigation, search, seizure, or disposition of seized property in connection with enforcement of the Magnuson Act. (u) Make any false statement, oral or written, to an authorized officer concerning the taking, catching, harvesting, landing, purchase, sale, possession, or transfer of a spiny lobster. (v) Fish for any species or anchor a fishing vessel in a marine reserve as specified in §640.26. [57 FR 56520, Nov 30, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 38979, July 21, 1993; 58 FR 61845, Nov. 23, 1993; 59 FR 53119, Oct. 21, 1994; 60 FR 41831, Aug. 14, 1995; 67 FR 47469, July 19, 2002]
Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries
PART 640—SPINY LOBSTER FISHERY OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND SOUTH ATLANTIC
Subpart A—General Provisions
§ 640.7 Prohibitions.
