CFR > Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries > CHAPTER VI—FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE > PART 622—FISHERIES OF THE CARIBBEAN, GULF, AND SOUTH ATLANTIC > SUBPART C—Management Measures (§622.30 to §622.50) > 622.30—Fishing years.

622.30—Fishing years.

The fishing year for species or species groups governed in this part is January 1 through December 31 except for the following:
(a) Allowable octocoral— October 1 through September 30.
(b) King and Spanish mackerel. The fishing year for the king and Spanish mackerel bag limits specified in § 622.39(c)(1) is January 1 through December 31. The following fishing years apply only for the king and Spanish mackerel quotas specified in § 622.42(c) :
(1) Gulf migratory group king mackerel— July 1 through June 30.
(2) Gulf migratory group Spanish mackerel— April through March.
(3) South Atlantic migratory group king and Spanish mackerel— March through February.
(c) Wreckfish— April 16 through April 15.
(d) South Atlantic greater amberjack— May 1 through April 30.
(e) South Atlantic black sea bass— June 1 through May 31.
[61 FR 34934, July 3, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 3627, Jan. 25, 1999; 70 FR 39190, July 7, 2005; 71 FR 55106, Oct. 23, 2006]