---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 660.211"
title: "50"
number: "660.211"
heading: "Non-trawl fishery—definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/660.211"
---

# §660.211. Non-trawl fishery—definitions.


These definitions are specific to the limited entry non-trawl fisheries covered in this subpart. General groundfish definitions are found at [§ 660.11](/cfr/50/660.11.md), subpart C.

Daily Trip Limit (DTL) Fishery means a sablefish fishery that occurs both north and south of 36° N. lat. that is subject to trip limit restrictions including daily and/or weekly and/or bimonthly trip limits.

Ex-vessel value means, for the purposes of the limited entry non-trawl sablefish primary fishery cost recovery program specified at [§ 660.231(c)](/cfr/50/660.231.md?p=c), all compensation received for sablefish landed to a sablefish endorsed permit and includes the value of all in-kind compensation and all other goods or services exchanged in lieu of cash.

Limited entry non-trawl fishery means the fishery composed of vessels registered to limited entry permits with a non-trawl endorsement.

Sablefish primary fishery means, for the limited entry non-trawl sablefish fishery north of 36° N lat., the fishery where vessels registered to at least one limited entry permit with both an endorsement for non-trawl gear and a sablefish endorsement fish up to a specified tier limit and when they are not eligible to fish in the DTL fishery.

Sablefish primary season means, for the limited entry non-trawl sablefish fishery north of 36° N lat., the period when vessels registered to at least one limited entry permit with both an endorsement for non-trawl gear and a sablefish endorsement are allowed to fish in the sablefish primary fishery described at [§ 660.231](/cfr/50/660.231.md) of this subpart.

Tier limit means a specified amount of sablefish that may be harvested by a vessel registered to a limited entry non-trawl permit(s) with a Tier 1, Tier 2, and/or Tier 3 designation; a gear endorsement for non-trawl gear; and a sablefish endorsement.


## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 60897, Oct. 1, 2010, as amended at 76 FR 53838, Aug. 30, 2011; 91 FR 46007, July 22, 2026]

### Source

Source: 75 FR 60897, Oct. 1, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 7001 et seq.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 34572, July 2, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[75 FR 60897, Oct. 1, 2010, as amended at 76 FR 53838, Aug. 30, 2011; 91 FR 46007, July 22, 2026]