---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 660.711"
title: "50"
number: "660.711"
heading: "General catch restrictions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/660.711"
---

# §660.711. General catch restrictions.

- (a) **Incidental landings.** HMS caught by gear not authorized by this subpart may be landed in incidental amounts as follows:
  - (1) Drift gillnet vessels with stretched mesh less than 14 inches may land up to 10 HMS per trip, except that no swordfish may be landed.
  - (2) Bottom longline vessels may land up to 20 percent by weight of management unit sharks in landings of all species, or 3 individual sharks of the species in the management unit, whichever is greater.
  - (3) Trawl and pot gear vessels may land up to 1 percent by weight of management unit sharks in a landing of all species or 2 individual sharks of the species in the management unit, whichever is greater.
- (b) **Marlin prohibition.** The sale of striped marlin by a vessel with a permit under this subpart is prohibited.
- (c) **Sea turtle handling and resuscitation.** All sea turtles taken incidentally in fishing operations by any HMS vessel other than vessels subject to [§ 660.712](/cfr/50/660.712.md) must be handled in accordance with [50 CFR 223.206(d)(1)](/cfr/50/223.206.md?p=d-1).

## Notes

### Amendments

[69 FR 18453, Apr. 7, 2004, as amended at 80 FR 46520, Aug. 5, 2015]

### Source

Source: 69 FR 18453, Apr. 7, 2004, 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

[69 FR 18453, Apr. 7, 2004, as amended at 80 FR 46520, Aug. 5, 2015]