---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 296.1"
title: "50"
number: "296.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/296.1"
---

# §296.1. Purpose.


These regulations implement title IV of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978, as amended (title IV). Title IV establishes a Fishermen's Contingency Fund to compensate commercial fishermen for damage or loss caused by obstructions associated with oil and gas activities on the Outer Continental Shelf.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 97-212 (43 U.S.C. 1841 et seq. ).

### Source

Source: 47 FR 49600, Nov. 1, 1982, unless otherwise noted.