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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: April 5, 2024) |
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Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries |
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Chapter VI - Fishery Conservation and Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce |
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Part 622 - Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic |
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Subpart T - Spiny Lobster Fishery of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands |
§ 622.453 - Prohibition on harvest of egg-bearing spiny lobster.
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§ 622.453 Prohibition on harvest of egg-bearing spiny lobster.
(a) Egg-bearing spiny lobster in the Caribbean EEZ must be returned to the water unharmed. An egg-bearing spiny lobster may be retained in a trap, provided the trap is returned immediately to the water. An egg-bearing spiny lobster may not be stripped, scraped, shaved, clipped, or in any other manner molested, in order to remove the eggs.
(b) [Reserved]