---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 622.7"
title: "50"
number: "622.7"
heading: "Fishing years."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/622.7"
---

# §622.7. Fishing years.


The fishing year for species or species groups governed in this part is January 1 through December 31 except for the following:

- (a) **Allowable octocoral—** October 1 through September 30.
- (b) **King and Spanish mackerel.** The fishing year for the king and Spanish mackerel bag limits specified in [§ 622.382](/cfr/50/622.382.md) is January 1 through December 31. The following fishing years apply only for the king and Spanish mackerel quotas specified in [§ 622.384](/cfr/50/622.384.md):
  - (1) **Gulf migratory group king mackerel—**
    - (i) **Southern zone—** July 1 through June 30.
    - (ii) **Northern zone—** October 1 through September 30.
    - (iii) **Western zone—** July 1 through June 30.
  - (2) **Gulf migratory group Spanish mackerel—** April through March.
  - (3) **South Atlantic migratory group king and Spanish mackerel—** March through February.
- (c) **Wreckfish—** April 16 through April 15.
- (d) **South Atlantic greater amberjack—** March 1 through the end of February.
- (e) **South Atlantic black sea bass recreational sector—** April 1 through March 31. (Note: The fishing year for the commercial sector for black sea bass is January 1 through December 31).
- (f) **South Atlantic yellowtail snapper—** August 1 through July 31.
- (g) **Gulf yellowtail snapper—** August 1 through July 31.
- (h) **Gulf greater amberjack recreational sector—** August 1 through July 31. (Note: The fishing year for the commercial sector for greater amberjack is January 1 through December 31).

## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 22952, Apr. 17, 2013, as amended at 79 FR 66322, Nov. 7, 2014; 80 FR 4218, Jan. 27, 2015; 81 FR 45248, July 13, 2016; 81 FR 10311, Feb. 10, 2017; 82 FR 17394, Apr. 11, 2017; 83 FR 13428, Mar. 29, 2018; 90 FR 38004, Aug. 7, 2025]

### 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 66322, Nov. 7, 2014; 80 FR 4218, Jan. 27, 2015; 81 FR 45248, July 13, 2016; 81 FR 10311, Feb. 10, 2017; 82 FR 17394, Apr. 11, 2017; 83 FR 13428, Mar. 29, 2018; 90 FR 38004, Aug. 7, 2025]