---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 622.25"
title: "50"
number: "622.25"
heading: "Exemptions for Gulf groundfish trawling."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/622.25"
---

# §622.25. Exemptions for Gulf groundfish trawling.


Gulf groundfish trawling means fishing in the Gulf EEZ by a vessel that uses a bottom trawl, the unsorted catch of which is ground up for animal feed or industrial products.

- (a) Other provisions of this part notwithstanding, the owner or operator of a vessel trawling for Gulf groundfish is exempt from the following requirements and limitations for the vessel's unsorted catch of Gulf reef fish:
  - (1) The requirement for a valid commercial vessel permit for Gulf reef fish in order to sell Gulf reef fish.
  - (2) **Minimum size limits for Gulf reef fish.**
  - (3) **Bag limits for Gulf reef fish.**
  - (4) **The prohibition on sale of Gulf reef fish after a quota or ACL closure.**
- (b) Other provisions of this part notwithstanding, a dealer in a Gulf state is exempt from the requirement for a Gulf and South Atlantic dealer permit to receive Gulf reef fish harvested from the Gulf EEZ by a vessel trawling for Gulf groundfish.

## Notes

### Amendments

[79 FR 19494, Apr. 9, 2014]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[79 FR 19494, Apr. 9, 2014]