---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 648.203"
title: "50"
number: "648.203"
heading: "Gear restrictions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/648.203"
---

# §648.203. Gear restrictions.

- (a) Midwater trawl gear may only be used by a vessel issued a valid herring permit in the GOM/GB Exemption Area as defined in [§ 648.80(a)(17)](/cfr/50/648.80.md?p=a-17), provided it complies with the midwater trawl gear exemption requirements specified under the NE multispecies regulations at [§ 648.80(d)](/cfr/50/648.80.md?p=d), including issuance of a Letter of Authorization.
- (b) Purse seine gear may only be used by a vessel issued a valid herring permit in the GOM/GB Exemption Area as defined in [§ 648.80(a)(17)](/cfr/50/648.80.md?p=a-17), provided it complies with the purse seine exemption requirements specified under the NE multispecies requirements at [§ 648.80(e)](/cfr/50/648.80.md?p=e), including issuance of a Letter of Authorization.

## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 11277, Mar. 12, 2007, as amended at 83 FR 15275, Apr. 9, 2018]

### Source

Source: 72 FR 11277, Mar. 12, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[72 FR 11277, Mar. 12, 2007, as amended at 83 FR 15275, Apr. 9, 2018]