---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 622.208"
title: "50"
number: "622.208"
heading: "Minimum mesh size applicable to rock shrimp off Georgia and Florida."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/622.208"
---

# §622.208. Minimum mesh size applicable to rock shrimp off Georgia and Florida.

- (a) The minimum mesh size for the cod end of a rock shrimp trawl net in the South Atlantic EEZ off Georgia and Florida is 1 7/8 inches (4.8 cm), stretched mesh. This minimum mesh size is required in at least the last 40 meshes forward of the cod end drawstring (tie-off rings), and smaller-mesh bag liners are not allowed. A vessel that has a trawl net on board that does not meet these requirements may not possess a rock shrimp in or from the South Atlantic EEZ off Georgia and Florida.
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

### Source

Source: 78 FR 22952, Apr. 17, 2013, unless otherwise noted.