Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: November 8, 2024) |
Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries |
Chapter VI - Fishery Conservation and Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce |
Part 665 - Fisheries in the Western Pacific |
Subpart G - Marianas Trench Marine National Monument |
Table 1 to Part 665 - Precious Coral Quotas
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Type of coral bed Name of coral bed Harvest quota in kilograms Number of years Established Beds Au'au Channel Black: 5,000 2 Makapu'u Pink: 2,000 2 Gold: 0 (zero) -- Bamboo: 500 2 Conditional Beds 180 Fathom Bank Pink: 222 1 Gold: 67 1 Bamboo: 56 1 Brooks Bank Pink: 17 1 Gold: 133 1 Bamboo: 111 1 Kaena Point Pink: 67 1 Gold: 20 1 Bamboo: 17 1 Keahole Point Pink: 67 1 Gold: 20 1 Bamboo: 17 1 Refugia Westpac All: 0 (zero) -- Exploratory Areas Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, CNMI, U.S. Pacific Remote Island Areas 1,000 per area (all species combined except black corals) 1 Notes: 1. No fishing for coral is authorized in refugia. 2. A moratorium on gold coral harvesting is in effect through June 30, 2013.