50 C.F.R. § 648.163 Gear restrictions.
Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries
If the Council determines through its annual review or framework adjustment process that gear restrictions are necessary to assure that the fishing mortality rate is not exceeded, or to attain other FMP objectives, such measures will be enacted through the procedure specified in §§648.160(d) or 648.165.
Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries
PART 648—FISHERIES OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
Subpart J—Management Measures for the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery
§ 648.163 Gear restrictions.