---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 300.109"
title: "50"
number: "300.109"
heading: "Initiating a new fishery."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/300.109"
---

# §300.109. Initiating a new fishery.

- (a) A new fishery, for purposes of this section, is a fishery that uses bottom trawls on the high seas of the Convention Area or a fishery for a species, using a particular method, in a statistical subarea or division for which:
  - (1) Information on distribution, abundance, demography, potential yield and stock identity from comprehensive research/surveys or exploratory fishing has not been submitted to CCAMLR;
  - (2) Catch and effort data have never been submitted to CCAMLR; or
  - (3) Catch and effort data from the two most recent seasons in which fishing occurred have not been submitted to CCAMLR.
- (b) Persons intending to develop a new fishery shall notify the Assistant Administrator no later than April 1 for the fishing season that will commence on or after December 1 and shall not initiate the fishery pending NMFS and CCAMLR review or until a vessel permit has been used under this subpart.
- (c) The notification shall be accompanied by a complete vessel permit application required under [§ 300.107](/cfr/50/300.107.md) and information on:
  - (1) The nature of the proposed fishery, including target species, methods of fishing, proposed region and maximum catch levels proposed for the forthcoming season;
  - (2) Biological information on the target species from comprehensive research/survey cruises, such as distribution, abundance, demographic data and information on stock identity;
  - (3) Details of dependent and related species and the likelihood of them being affected by the proposed fishery;
  - (4) Information from other fisheries in the region or similar fisheries elsewhere that may assist in the evaluation of potential yield; and
  - (5) If the proposed fishery will be undertaken using bottom trawl gear, the known and anticipated impacts of this gear on vulnerable marine ecosystems, including benthos and benthic communities.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 2431 et seq., 31 U.S.C. 9701 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

### Source

Source: 82 FR 6223, Jan. 19, 2017, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 5501 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 2431 et seq., 31 U.S.C. 9701 et seq.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 35550, July 5, 1996, unless otherwise noted.