13-0340-A - Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis).

§ 13-0340-a. Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis).    The  department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand eleven,  fix by regulation measures for the  management  of  weakfish  (Cynoscion  regalis),  including  size limits, catch and possession limits, open and  closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the manner of  taking  and  landing,    requirements   for   permits   and   eligibility   therefor,  recordkeeping requirements, requirements  on  the  amount  and  type  of  fishing  effort  and  gear, and requirements relating to transportation,  possession  and  sale,  provided  that  such  regulations  are  no  less  restrictive  than  requirements  set  forth in this chapter and provided  further  that  such  regulations  are  consistent  with  the  compliance  requirements  of  applicable  fishery  management  plans  adopted by the  Atlantic  States  Marine  Fisheries  Commission  and   with   applicable  provisions  of  fishery management plans adopted pursuant to the Federal  Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).