---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 697.26"
title: "50"
number: "697.26"
heading: "EEZ Nearshore Management Area 5 Trap Waiver."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/697.26"
---

# §697.26. EEZ Nearshore Management Area 5 Trap Waiver.

- (a) **Eligibility.** Vessels eligible for limited access lobster permits under [§ 697.4(a)(1)](/cfr/50/697.4.md?p=a-1) and limited access black sea bass permits under [§ 648.4(a)(7)(i)](/cfr/50/648.4.md?p=a-7-i) of this chapter may request an Area 5 Trap Waiver Permit, under the procedures described in [§ 697.4](/cfr/50/697.4.md).
- (b) **Restrictions.** A vessel issued an Area 5 Trap Waiver permit under this section may engage in trap fishing for black sea bass in EEZ Nearshore Management Area 5 and is exempt from the provisions of [§ 697.19](/cfr/50/697.19.md) and [§ 697.21](/cfr/50/697.21.md) if such fishing is conducted in accordance with all other provisions of this section and all other Federal and state laws and regulations applicable to lobster and black sea bass fishing.
  - (1) A vessel issued a permit under this section may retain, land and sell an incidental allowance of lobster equal to the non-trap harvest restrictions specified in [§ 697.17(a)](/cfr/50/697.17.md?p=a).
  - (2) A vessel issued a permit under this section may not possess on board or deploy bait or baited traps.

## Notes

### Amendments

[66 FR 14502, Mar. 13, 2001]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 68248, Dec. 6, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[66 FR 14502, Mar. 13, 2001]