Commercial trip limits are limits on the amount of the applicable species that may be possessed on board or landed, purchased, or sold from a vessel per day. A person who fishes in the EEZ may not combine a trip limit specified in this section with any trip or possession limit applicable to state waters. A species subject to a trip limit specified in this section taken in the EEZ may not be transferred at sea, regardless of where such transfer takes place, and such species may not be transferred in the EEZ. Commercial trip limits apply as follows:
(a) Greater amberjack. Until the quota specified in Sec. 622.39(a)(1)(v) is reached, 2,000 lb (907 kg), round weight. See Sec. 622.39(b) for the limitations regarding greater amberjack after the quota is reached.
(b) Gray triggerfish. Until the commercial ACT (commercial quota) specified in Sec. 622.39(a)(1)(vi) is reached--12 fish. See Sec. 622.39(b) for the limitations regarding gray triggerfish after the commercial ACT (commercial quota) is reached. [78 FR 22952, Apr. 17, 2013, as amended at 78 FR 27087, May 9, 2013]