---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 600.1001"
title: "50"
number: "600.1001"
heading: "Requests."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/600.1001"
---

# §600.1001. Requests.

- (a) A Council, the Governor of a State under whose authority a proposed reduction fishery is subject, or a majority of permit holders in the fishery may request that NMFS conduct a program in that fishery. Each request shall be in writing. Each request shall satisfy the requirements of [§ 600.1003](/cfr/50/600.1003.md) or [§ 600.1005](/cfr/50/600.1005.md), as applicable, and enable NMFS to make the determinations required by [§ 600.1004](/cfr/50/600.1004.md) or [§ 600.1006](/cfr/50/600.1006.md), as applicable.
- (b) NMFS cannot conduct a program in any fishery subject to the jurisdiction of a Council or a state unless NMFS first receives a request from the Council or the governor to whose jurisdiction the fishery is subject.
- (c) For a fishery subject to the jurisdiction of a Council, only that Council can or must make the request. If the fishery is subject to the jurisdiction of two or more Councils, those Councils must make a joint request. No Council may make a request, or join in making a request, until after the Council conducts a public hearing about the request.
- (d) For a fishery subject to the jurisdiction of a State, only the Governor of that State can make the request. If the fishery is subject to the jurisdiction of two or more states, the Governors of those States shall make a joint request. No Governor of a State may make a request, or join in making a request, until the State conducts a public hearing about the request.
- (e) For a fishery under the direct management authority of the Secretary, NMFS may conduct a program on NMFS' own motion by fulfilling the requirements of this subpart that reasonably apply to a program not initiated by a request.
- (f) Where necessary to accommodate special circumstances in a particular fishery, NMFS may waive, as NMFS deems necessary and appropriate, compliance with any specific requirements under this subpart not required by statute.

## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 31443, May 18, 2000, as amended at 75 FR 62328, Oct. 8, 2010]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1861a(b)-(e).

### Source

Source: 65 FR 31443, May 18, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 561 and 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 32540, June 24, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[65 FR 31443, May 18, 2000, as amended at 75 FR 62328, Oct. 8, 2010]