---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 224.104"
title: "50"
number: "224.104"
heading: "Special requirements for fishing activities to protect endangered sea turtles."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/224.104"
---

# §224.104. Special requirements for fishing activities to protect endangered sea turtles.

- (a) Shrimp fishermen in the southeastern United States and the Gulf of America who comply with rules for threatened sea turtles specified in [§ 223.206](/cfr/50/223.206.md) of this chapter will not be subject to civil penalties under the Act for incidental captures of endangered sea turtles by shrimp trawl gear.
- (b) Summer flounder fishermen in the Summer flounder fishery-sea turtle protection area who comply with rules for threatened sea turtles specified in [§ 223.206](/cfr/50/223.206.md) of this chapter will not be subject to civil penalties under the Act for incidental captures of endangered sea turtles by summer flounder gear.
- (c) Special prohibitions relating to sea turtles are provided at [§ 223.206(d)](/cfr/50/223.206.md?p=d).

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 14066, Mar. 23, 1999, as amended at 66 FR 44552, Aug. 24, 2001; 66 FR 67496, Dec. 31, 2001; 68 FR 8471, Feb. 21, 2003; 69 FR 18453, Apr. 7, 2004; 72 FR 31757, June 8, 2007; 90 FR 38002, Aug. 7, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531-1543 and 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 14066, Mar. 23, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 14066, Mar. 23, 1999, as amended at 66 FR 44552, Aug. 24, 2001; 66 FR 67496, Dec. 31, 2001; 68 FR 8471, Feb. 21, 2003; 69 FR 18453, Apr. 7, 2004; 72 FR 31757, June 8, 2007; 90 FR 38002, Aug. 7, 2025]