---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 622.240"
title: "50"
number: "622.240"
heading: "Permits."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/622.240"
---

# §622.240. Permits.

- (a) **Commercial vessel permits.** For a person aboard a vessel to fish for golden crab in the South Atlantic EEZ, possess golden crab in or from the South Atlantic EEZ, off-load golden crab from the South Atlantic EEZ, or sell golden crab in or from the South Atlantic EEZ, a commercial vessel permit for golden crab must be issued to the vessel and must be on board. It is a rebuttable presumption that a golden crab on board a vessel in the South Atlantic or off-loaded from a vessel in a port adjoining the South Atlantic was harvested from the South Atlantic EEZ. See [§ 622.241](/cfr/50/622.241.md) for limitations on the use, transfer, and renewal of a commercial vessel permit for golden crab.
- (b) **Dealer permits and conditions—**
  - (1) **Permits.** For a dealer to first receive South Atlantic golden crab harvested in or from the EEZ, a Gulf and South Atlantic dealer permit must be issued to the dealer.
  - (2) **State license and facility requirements.** To obtain a dealer permit, the applicant must have a valid state wholesaler's license in the state(s) where the dealer operates, if required by such state(s), and must have a physical facility at a fixed location in such state(s).
- (c) **Permit procedures.** See [§ 622.4](/cfr/50/622.4.md) for information regarding general permit procedures including, but not limited to application, fees, duration, transfer, renewal, display, sanctions and denials, and replacement.

## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 22952, Apr. 17, 2013, as amended at 79 FR 19496, Apr. 9, 2014]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[78 FR 22952, Apr. 17, 2013, as amended at 79 FR 19496, Apr. 9, 2014]