---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 600.1415"
title: "50"
number: "600.1415"
heading: "Procedures for designating exempted states-general provisions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/600.1415"
---

# §600.1415. Procedures for designating exempted states-general provisions.

- (a) **States with an exempted state designation must—**
  - (1) Submit state angler and for-hire vessel license holder data to NMFS for inclusion in a national or regional registry database; or
  - (2) Participate in regional surveys of recreational catch and effort and make the data from those surveys available to NMFS.
- (b) **Process for getting an exempted state designation—**
  - (1) To apply for exempted state designation, a state must submit:
    - (i) A complete description of the data it intends to submit to NMFS;
    - (ii) An assessment of how the data conforms to the requirements of §§ [600.1416](/cfr/50/600.1416.md) or [600](/cfr/50/600.md). 1417;
    - (iii) A description of the database in which the data exists and will be transmitted; and
    - (iv) **The proposed process, schedule and frequency of submission of the data.**
  - (2) If NMFS determines the submitted material meets the requirements of §§ [600.1416](/cfr/50/600.1416.md) or [600.1417](/cfr/50/600.1417.md), NMFS will initiate negotiations with the state on a Memorandum of Agreement. The Memorandum of Agreement must include the terms and conditions of the data-sharing program. The Memorandum of Agreement and state designation may be limited to data-sharing related to only anglers or only for-hire fishing vessels.
  - (3) Following execution of a Memorandum of Agreement, NMFS will publish a notice of the exempted state designation in the Federal Register.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 73 FR 79717, Dec. 30, 2008, 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.