50 CFR 648.166 - Bluefish gear restrictions.

Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 11, 2026

Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries last revised: Jan 22, 2026

View all text of Subpart J [§ 648.160 - § 648.167]

§ 648.166 - Bluefish gear restrictions.

If the MAFMC determines through its annual review or framework adjustment process that gear restrictions are necessary to ensure that the ACL is not exceeded, or to attain other FMP objectives, such measures, subject to the gear other than trawls and gillnets restrictions in § 648.162 regarding specifications, will be enacted through the procedure specified in § 648.162(c) or 648.167.

[76 FR 60641, Sept. 29, 2011]

authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801

source: 61 FR 34968, July 3, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 50 CFR 648.166