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Code of Federal Regulations Title 50. Wildlife and Fisheries § 50.665.269 Annual Catch Limits (ACL)

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) General. The ACLs limiting the amount of precious coral that may be taken in any precious coral permit area during the fishing year are listed in paragraph (c) of this section. Only live coral is counted toward the ACL. The accounting period for each fishing year for all precious coral ACLs begins July 1 and ends June 30 of the following year.

(b) Reserves and reserve release. The ACL for exploratory area X–P–H will be held in reserve for harvest by vessels of the United States in the following manner:

(1) At the start of the fishing year, the reserve for the Hawaii exploratory areas will equal the ACL minus the estimated domestic annual harvest for that year.

(2) As soon as practicable after December 31 each year, the Regional Administrator will determine the amount harvested by vessels of the United States between July 1 and December 31 of the year that just ended on December 31.

(3) NMFS will release to TALFF an amount of Hawaii precious coral for each exploratory area equal to the ACL minus two times the amount harvested by vessels of the United States in that July 1–December 31 period.

(4) NMFS will publish in the Federal Register a notification of the Regional Administrator's determination and a summary of the information on which it is based as soon as practicable after the determination is made.

(c) In accordance with § 665.4, the ACLs for MHI precious coral permit areas for each fishing year are as follows:

Table 1 to Paragraph (c)

Type of coral bed

Area and coral group

2019 ACL (lb)

2020 ACL (lb)

2021 ACL (lb)

Established bed

Auau Channel—Black coral

5,512

5,512

5,512

Makapuu Bed—Pink and red coral

2,205

2,205

2,205

Makapuu Bed—Bamboo coral

551

551

551

Conditional Beds

180 Fathom Bank—Pink and red coral

489

489

489

180 Fathom Bank—Bamboo coral

123

123

123

Brooks Bank—Pink and red coral

979

979

979

Brooks Bank—Bamboo coral

245

245

245

Kaena Point Bed—Pink and red coral

148

148

148

Kaena Point Bed—Bamboo coral

37

37

37

Keahole Bed—Pink and red coral

148

148

148

Keahole Bed—Bamboo coral

37

37

37

Exploratory Area

Hawaii—precious coral

2,205

2,205

2,205

Note 1 to § 665.269:  No fishing for coral is authorized in refugia.

Note 2 to § 665.269:  A moratorium on gold coral harvesting is in effect through June 30, 2023.

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