---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 622.370"
title: "50"
number: "622.370"
heading: "Permits."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/622.370"
---

# §622.370. Permits.

- (a) **Commercial vessel permits—**
  - (1) **King mackerel.** For a person aboard a vessel to be eligible for exemption from the bag limits, to fish under a quota, or to sell king mackerel in or from the Gulf, Mid-Atlantic, or South Atlantic EEZ, a commercial vessel permit for king mackerel must have been issued to the vessel and must be on board. See [§ 622.371](/cfr/50/622.371.md) regarding a limited access system applicable to commercial vessel permits for king mackerel and transfers of permits under the limited access system.
  - (2) **Gillnets for king mackerel in the Gulf southern zone.** For a person aboard a vessel to use a run-around gillnet for king mackerel in the southern zone (see [§ 622.369(a)(1)(iii)](/cfr/50/622.369.md?p=a-1-iii)), a commercial vessel permit for king mackerel and a king mackerel gillnet permit must have been issued to the vessel and must be on board. See [§ 622.372](/cfr/50/622.372.md) regarding a limited access system applicable to king mackerel gillnet permits in the southern zone and restrictions on transferability of king mackerel gillnet permits.
  - (3) **Spanish mackerel.** For a person aboard a vessel to be eligible for exemption from the bag limits, to fish under a quota, or to sell Spanish mackerel in or from the Gulf, Mid-Atlantic, or South Atlantic EEZ, a commercial vessel permit for Spanish mackerel must have been issued to the vessel and must be on board.
- (b) **Charter vessel/headboat permits.**
  - (1) For a person aboard a vessel that is operating as a charter vessel or headboat to fish for or possess, in or from the EEZ, Gulf coastal migratory pelagic fish or Atlantic coastal migratory pelagic fish, a valid charter vessel/headboat permit for Gulf coastal migratory pelagic fish or Atlantic coastal migratory pelagic fish, respectively, must have been issued to the vessel and must be on board.
    - (i) See [§ 622.373](/cfr/50/622.373.md) regarding a limited access system for charter vessel/headboat permits for Gulf coastal migratory pelagic fish.
    - (ii) A charter vessel or headboat may have both a charter vessel/headboat permit and a commercial vessel permit. However, when a vessel is operating as a charter vessel or headboat, a person aboard must adhere to the bag limits. See the definitions of “Charter vessel” and “Headboat” in [§ 622.2](/cfr/50/622.2.md) for an explanation of when vessels are considered to be operating as a charter vessel or headboat, respectively.
  - (2) [Reserved]
- (c) **Dealer permits and conditions—**
  - (1) **Permits.** For a dealer to first receive Gulf or Atlantic coastal migratory pelagic fish 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).
- (d) **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; 79 FR 34250, June 16, 2014; 82 FR 17396, Apr. 11, 2017]

### 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; 79 FR 34250, June 16, 2014; 82 FR 17396, Apr. 11, 2017]