50 C.F.R. § 648.52 Possession and landing limits.
Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries
(a) Owners or operators of vessels with a limited access scallop permit that have declared out of the DAS program as specified in §648.10 or that have used up their DAS allocations, and vessels issued a VMS general scallop permit, unless exempted under the state waters exemption program described under §648.54, are prohibited from possessing or landing per trip more than 400 lb (181.44 kg) of shucked, or 50 bu (17.62 hL) of in-shell scallops, with no more than one scallop trip of 400 lb (181.44 kg) of shucked, or 50 bu (17.62 hL) of in-shell scallops, allowable in any calendar day. (b) Owners or operators of vessels without a scallop permit, vessels issued a Non-VMS general scallop permit, and vessels issued a VMS general scallop permit that have declared out of the general scallop fishery as described in §648.10(b)(4), except vessels fishing for scallops exclusively in state waters, are prohibited from possessing or landing per trip, more than 40 lb (18.14 kg) of shucked, or 5 bu (176.2 L) of in-shell scallops. Owners or operators of vessels without a scallop permit are prohibited from fishing for or possessing more than 40 lb (18.14 kg) of shucked, or 5 bu (176.2 L) if in-shell scallops and from selling, bartering, or trading scallops harvested from Federal waters. (c) Owners or operators of vessels with a limited access scallop permit that have declared into the Sea Scallop Area Access Program as described in §648.60 are prohibited from fishing for or landing per trip, or possessing at any time, more than any sea scallop possession and landing limit specified in or specified by the Regional Administrator in accordance with §648.60(a)(5). (d) Owners or operators of vessels issued limited access or general category scallop permits fishing in or transiting the area south of 42°20'N. Latitude at any time during a trip are prohibited from fishing for, possessing, or landing per trip more than 50 bu (17.62 hl) of in-shell scallops shoreward of the VMS Demarcation Line, unless when fishing under the state waters exemption specified under §648.54. [69 FR 35215, June 23, 2004, as amended at 69 FR 63473, Nov. 2, 2004; 70 FR 48867, Aug. 22, 2005; 71 FR 33226, June 8, 2006]
Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries
PART 648—FISHERIES OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
Subpart D—Management Measures for the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery
§ 648.52 Possession and landing limits.
