CFR > Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries > CHAPTER VI—FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE > PART 654—STONE CRAB FISHERY OF THE GULF OF MEXICO > SUBPART B—Management Measures (§654.20 to §654.28) > 654.23—Southwest Florida seasonal trawl closure.

654.23—Southwest Florida seasonal trawl closure.

From January 1 to 1 hour after sunset (local time) May 20, each year, the area described in this section is closed to trawling, including trawling for live bait. The area is that part of the management area shoreward of a line connecting the following points (see Appendix A, Figure 2, of this part):
Point North Latitude West Longitude
B 1 26°16′ 81°58.5′
C 26°00′ 82°04′
D 25°09′ 81°47.6′
E 24°54.5′ 81°50.5′
M 1 24°49.3′ 81°46.4′
1 On the seaward limit of Florida's waters.