CFR /  Title 50  /  Part 648: Fisheries Of The Northeastern United States

Section No.	Description
Section 648.1	Definitions
Section 648.2	Relation to other laws
Section 648.3	Vessel permits
Section 648.4	Operator permits
Section 648.5	Dealer/processor permits
Section 648.6	Recordkeeping and reporting requirements
Section 648.7	Vessel identification
Section 648.8	VMS vendor and unit requirements
Section 648.9	VMS and DAS requirements for vessel owners/operators
Section 648.10	At-sea sea sampler/observer coverage
Section 648.11	Experimental fishing
Section 648.12	Transfers at sea
Section 648.13	Prohibitions
Section 648.14	Facilitation of enforcement
Section 648.15	Penalties
Section 648.16	Exemptions for vessels fishing in the NAFO Regulatory Area
Section 648.17	Standardized bycatch reporting methodology
Section 648.18	Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council ABC control rules
Section 648.20	Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council risk policy
Section 648.21	Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish specifications
Section 648.22	Mackerel, squid, and butterfish gear restrictions
Section 648.23	Fishery closures and accountability measures
Section 648.24	Atlantic Mackerel, squid, and butterfish framework adjustments to management measures
Section 648.25	Mackerel, squid, and butterfish possession restrictions
Section 648.26	Prohibition on possession
Section 648.40	Framework specifications
Section 648.41	Shell-height standard
Section 648.50	Gear and crew restrictions
Section 648.51	Possession and landing limits
Section 648.52	Acceptable biological catch (ABC), annual catch limits (ACL), annual catch targets (ACT), DAS allocations, and individual
Section 648.53	State waters exemption
Section 648.54	Framework adjustments to management measures
Section 648.55	Scallop research
Section 648.56	Sea scallop area rotation program
Section 648.57	Rotational Closed Areas
Section 648.58	Sea Scallop Access Areas
Section 648.59	Sea scallop access area program requirements
Section 648.60	EFH closed areas
Section 648.61	Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) Management Program
Section 648.62	General category Sectors and harvesting cooperatives
Section 648.63	Yellowtail flounder sub-ACLs and AMs for the scallop fishery
Section 648.64	Windowpane flounder sub-ACL and AM for the scallop fishery
Section 648.65	Surfclam and ocean quahog Annual Catch Limit (ACL)
Section 648.70	Surfclam and ocean quahog Annual Catch Targets (ACT)
Section 648.71	Surfclam and ocean quahog specifications
Section 648.72	Surfclam and ocean quahog Accountability Measures
Section 648.73	Annual individual allocations
Section 648.74	Shucking at sea and minimum surfclam size
Section 648.75	Closed areas
Section 648.76	Cage identification
Section 648.77	Maine mahogany quahog zone
Section 648.78	Surfclam and ocean quahog framework adjustments to management measures
Section 648.79	NE Multispecies regulated mesh areas and restrictions on gear and methods of fishing
Section 648.80	NE multispecies closed areas and measures to protect EFH
Section 648.81	Effort-control program for NE multispecies limited access vessels
Section 648.82	Multispecies minimum fish sizes
Section 648.83	Gear-marking requirements and gear restrictions
Section 648.84	Special management programs
Section 648.85	NE Multispecies possession restrictions
Section 648.86	Sector allocation
Section 648.87	Multispecies open access permit restrictions
Section 648.88	Recreational and charter/party vessel restrictions
Section 648.89	NE multispecies assessment, framework procedures and specifications, and flexible area action system
Section 648.90	Monkfish regulated mesh areas and restrictions on gear and methods of fishing
Section 648.91	Effort-control program for monkfish limited access vessels
Section 648.92	Monkfish minimum fish sizes
Section 648.93	Monkfish possession and landing restrictions
Section 648.94	Offshore Fishery Program in the SFMA
Section 648.95	FMP review, specification, and framework adjustment process
Section 648.96	Closed areas
Section 648.97	Summer flounder Annual Catch Limit (ACL)
Section 648.100	Summer flounder Annual Catch Target (ACT)
Section 648.101	Summer flounder specifications
Section 648.102	Summer flounder accountability measures
Section 648.103	Summer flounder minimum fish sizes
Section 648.104	Summer flounder recreational fishing season
Section 648.105	Summer flounder possession restrictions
Section 648.106	Conservation equivalent measures for the summer flounder fishery
Section 648.107	Summer flounder gear restrictions
Section 648.108	Sea turtle conservation
Section 648.109	Summer flounder framework adjustments to management measures
Section 648.110	Scup Annual Catch Limit (ACL)
Section 648.120	Scup Annual Catch Target (ACT)
Section 648.121	Scup specifications
Section 648.122	Scup accountability measures
Section 648.123	Scup commercial season and commercial fishery area restrictions
Section 648.124	Scup gear restrictions
Section 648.125	Scup minimum fish sizes
Section 648.126	Scup recreational fishing season
Section 648.127	Scup possession restrictions
Section 648.128	Protection of threatened and endangered sea turtles
Section 648.129	Scup framework adjustments to management measures
Section 648.130	Black sea bass Annual Catch Limit (ACL)
Section 648.140	Black sea bass Annual Catch Target (ACT)
Section 648.141	Black sea bass specifications
Section 648.142	Black sea bass Accountability Measures
Section 648.143	Black sea bass gear restrictions
Section 648.144	Black sea bass possession limit
Section 648.145	Black sea bass recreational fishing season
Section 648.146	Black sea bass minimum fish sizes
Section 648.147	Special management zones
Section 648.148	Black sea bass framework adjustments to management measures
Section 648.149	Bluefish Annual Catch Limit (ACL)
Section 648.160	Bluefish Annual Catch Targets (ACTs)
Section 648.161	Bluefish specifications
Section 648.162	Bluefish Accountability Measures (AMs)
Section 648.163	Bluefish possession restrictions
Section 648.164	Bluefish minimum fish sizes
Section 648.165	Bluefish gear restrictions
Section 648.166	Bluefish framework adjustment to management measures
Section 648.167	Specifications
Section 648.200	AMs and harvest controls
Section 648.201	Season and area restrictions
Section 648.202	Gear restrictions
Section 648.203	Possession restrictions
Section 648.204	VMS requirements
Section 648.205	Framework provisions
Section 648.206	Herring Research Set-Aside (RSA)
Section 648.207	Spiny dogfish Annual Catch Limits (ACLs)
Section 648.230	Spiny dogfish Annual Catch Target (ACT) and Total Allowable Level of Landings (TAL)
Section 648.231	Spiny dogfish specifications
Section 648.232	Spiny dogfish Accountability Measures (AMs)
Section 648.233	Gear restrictions
Section 648.234	Spiny dogfish possession and landing restrictions
Section 648.235	Special Management Zones
Section 648.236	Spiny dogfish framework adjustments to management measures
Section 648.239	Specifications
Section 648.260	Framework adjustment process
Section 648.261	Accountability measures for red crab limited access vessels
Section 648.262	Red crab possession and landing restrictions
Section 648.263	Gear requirements/restrictions
Section 648.264	Tilefish Annual Catch Limit (ACL)
Section 648.290	Tilefish Annual Catch Target (ACT)
Section 648.291	Tilefish specifications
Section 648.292	Tilefish accountability measures
Section 648.293	Individual fishing quota (IFQ) program
Section 648.294	Tilefish incidental trip limits
Section 648.295	Tilefish recreational possession limit
Section 648.296	Tilefish gear restricted areas
Section 648.297	Blueline tilefish management measures
Section 648.298	Tilefish framework specifications
Section 648.299	Skate FMP review and monitoring
Section 648.320	Framework adjustment process
Section 648.321	Skate allocation, possession, and landing provisions
Section 648.322	Accountability measures
Section 648.323	Purpose and scope