---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 635.29"
title: "50"
number: "635.29"
heading: "Transfer at sea and transshipment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/635.29"
---

# §635.29. Transfer at sea and transshipment.

- (a) A person who owns or operates a vessel issued a permit, or required to be issued a permit, under [§ 635.4](/cfr/50/635.4.md) may not transfer any tuna or tuna-like species, or other HMS, at sea or in port, regardless of where the fish was harvested, except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section.
- (b) For the purposes of this part, “transfer” means the act of “transshipping” as defined at [50 CFR 300.301](/cfr/50/300.301.md). Notwithstanding the definition of “harvest” at [§ 600.10](/cfr/50/600.10.md), for the purposes of this part, transfer also includes, but is not limited to, moving or attempting to move a tuna that is on fishing gear or other gear in the water from one vessel to another vessel.

## Notes

### Amendments

[79 FR 72559, Dec. 8, 2014, as amended at 80 FR 52204, Aug. 28, 2015; 87 FR 60006, Oct. 3, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 29135, May 28, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[79 FR 72559, Dec. 8, 2014, as amended at 80 FR 52204, Aug. 28, 2015; 87 FR 60006, Oct. 3, 2022]