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 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 of Mexico, and South Atlantic
 Subpart Q - Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources (Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Mid-Atlantic)

  § 622.378 - Seasonal closures of the Gulf migratory group king mackerel gillnet fishery.  

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  • § 622.378 Seasonal closures of the Gulf migratory group king mackerel gillnet fishery.

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    Link to an amendment published at 88 FR 61477, Sept. 7, 2023.

    (a) Seasonal closures closure of the gillnet component for Gulf migratory group king mackerel. The gillnet component for Gulf migratory group king mackerel in or from the southern zone is closed each fishing year from July 1 until 6 a.m. eastern standard time on the day after the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal holiday. The gillnet component is open on the first weekend following the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, provided a notification of closure has not been filed under § 622.8(b). The gillnet component is closed all subsequent weekends and observed Federal holidays. Weekend closures are effective from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Monday. Holiday closures are effective from 6 a.m. on the observed Federal holiday to 6 a.m. the following day. All times are eastern standard time. During these closuresDuring the closure, a person aboard a vessel using or possessing a gillnet with a stretched-mesh size of 4.75 inches (12.1 cm) or larger in the southern zone may not fish for or possess Gulf migratory group king mackerel. (See § 622.369(a)(1)(iii) for a description of the southern zone.)

    (b) [Reserved]

    [80 FR 4221, Jan. 27, 2015, as amended at 82 FR 17396, Apr. 11, 2017; 88 FR 61477, Sept. 7, 2023]