---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 648.105"
title: "50"
number: "648.105"
heading: "Summer flounder recreational fishing season."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/648.105"
---

# §648.105. Summer flounder recreational fishing season.


No person may fish for summer flounder in the EEZ from October 1 to May 7 unless that person is the owner or operator of a fishing vessel issued a commercial summer flounder moratorium permit, or is issued a summer flounder dealer permit, or unless otherwise specified in the conservation-equivalency measures at [§ 648.107](/cfr/50/648.107.md). Persons aboard a commercial vessel that is not eligible for a summer flounder moratorium permit are subject to this recreational fishing season. This time period may be adjusted pursuant to the procedures in [§ 648.102](/cfr/50/648.102.md). Possession of summer flounder harvested from state waters during this time is allowed for state-only permitted vessels when transiting Federal waters within the Block Island Sound Transit Area provided they follow the provisions at [§ 648.111](/cfr/50/648.111.md) and abide by state regulations.


## Notes

### Amendments

[89 FR 32378, Apr. 26, 2024]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 61 FR 34968, July 3, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[89 FR 32378, Apr. 26, 2024]