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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: May 6, 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 U - FMP for the EEZ around St. Thomas and St. John |
§ 622.519 - Bag and possession limits.
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§ 622.519 Bag and possession limits.
Section 622.11(a) provides the general applicability for bag and possession limits. However, § 622.11(a) notwithstanding, the bag limits of this section do not apply to a person who has a valid commercial fishing license issued by Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
(a) Reef fish.
(1) Groupers, parrotfishes, and snappers combined - 5 per person per day or, if 3 or more persons are aboard, 15 per vessel per day; but not to exceed 2 parrotfish per person per day or 6 parrotfish per vessel per day.
(2) Angelfishes, grunts, jacks, porgies, surgeonfishes, triggerfishes, and wrasses combined - 5 per person per day or, if 3 or more persons are aboard, 15 per vessel per day, but not to exceed 1 surgeonfish per person per day or 4 surgeonfish per vessel per day.
(b) [Reserved]
(c) Spiny lobster. 3 per person per day, not to exceed 10 per vessel per day, whichever is less.