---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 229.8"
title: "50"
number: "229.8"
heading: "Publication of List of Fisheries."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/229.8"
---

# §229.8. Publication of List of Fisheries.

- (a) The Assistant Administrator will publish in the Federal Register a proposed revised List of Fisheries on or about July 1 of each year for the purpose of receiving public comment. Each year, on or about October 1, the Assistant Administrator will publish a final revised List of Fisheries, which will become effective January 1 of the next calendar year.
- (b) **The proposed and final revised List of Fisheries will—**
  - (1) Categorize each commercial fishery based on the definitions of Category I, II, and III fisheries set forth in [§ 229.2](/cfr/50/229.2.md); and
  - (2) List the marine mammals that have been incidentally injured or killed by commercial fishing operations and the estimated number of vessels or persons involved in each commercial fishery.
- (c) The Assistant Administrator may publish a revised List of Fisheries at other times, after notification and opportunity for public comment.
- (d) The revised final List of Fisheries will become effective no sooner than 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.

## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 45100, Aug. 30, 1995, as amended at 64 FR 9087, Feb. 24, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.; § 229.32(f) also issued under 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 45100, Aug. 30, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[60 FR 45100, Aug. 30, 1995, as amended at 64 FR 9087, Feb. 24, 1999]