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50 C.F.R. § 648.231   Closures.

Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries

Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries
PART 648—FISHERIES OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
Subpart L—Management Measures for the Spiny Dogfish Fishery

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§ 648.231   Closures.

The Regional Administrator shall determine the date by which the quota for each semi-annual period described in §648.230(d)(1) will be harvested and shall close the EEZ to fishing for spiny dogfish on that date for the remainder of that semi-annual period by publishing a notification in the Federal Register. Upon the closure date and for the remainder of the semi-annual quota period, no vessel may fish for or possess spiny dogfish in the EEZ, nor may vessels issued a spiny dogfish permit under this part land spiny dogfish, nor may dealers issued a Federal permit purchase spiny dogfish from vessels issued a spiny dogfish permit under this part.

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