---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 622.371"
title: "50"
number: "622.371"
heading: "Limited access system for commercial vessel permits for king mackerel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/622.371"
---

# §622.371. Limited access system for commercial vessel permits for king mackerel.

- (a) No applications for additional commercial vessel permits for king mackerel will be accepted. Existing vessel permits may be renewed, are subject to the restrictions on transfer or change in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, and are subject to the requirement for timely renewal in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section.
- (b) An owner of a permitted vessel may transfer the commercial vessel permit for king mackerel issued under this limited access system to another vessel owned by the same entity. A permit holder may also transfer the commercial vessel permit for king mackerel to the owner of another vessel or to a new vessel owner when he or she transfers ownership of the permitted vessel.
- (c) NMFS will not reissue a commercial vessel permit for king mackerel if the permit is revoked or if the RA does not receive an application for renewal within one year of the permit's expiration date.

## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 22952, Apr. 17, 2013, as amended at 79 FR 34250, June 16, 2014; 80 FR 78674, Dec. 17, 2015; 85 FR 22045, Apr. 21, 2020]

### 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 34250, June 16, 2014; 80 FR 78674, Dec. 17, 2015; 85 FR 22045, Apr. 21, 2020]